Press Release by Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Phase I clinical trial entitled “stereotactic transplantation of autologous bone marrow stromal cells for patients with ischemic stroke” has been started at Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. Until here, 18 years has passed since this project was started. As one of collaborators, Prof. Kuroda strongly hopes that this innovative concept of cell therapy would further advance in very near future.