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UCSD Looking For Spinal Cord Injury Patients To Test Stem Cell Treatment
San Diego Public Radio & TV put out the call on behalf of the UC San Diego Health Center for spinal cord injury patients to take part in Neuralstem's FDA-approved NSI-566/cSCI Phase I trial. The injury must have occurred between one and two years ago, and be between the 7th and 12th thoracic vertebrae. UCSD's Dr. Joseph Ciacci, the study's principal investigator, is quoted and Dr. Ciacci's and Dr. Martin Marsala's research work, which "detected signs of improved motor function with minimal side effects" was cited, as were the cells' safety proven in Neuralstem's ALS trials.