Intravenous Infusions Of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Benefit Rodents With ALS, Spinal Cord Injury

University Of South Florida Health Sciences Center

Tampa, FL (June 12, 2003) - Stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) migrate to damaged areas in the brain and spinal cord caused by disease or injury and provide some therapeutic benefit, two new animal studies by researchers at the University of South Florida Center of Excellence in Aging and Brain Repair found.