Research on Human Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Underlying mechanisms for neural repair in stem cell therapies

• Umbilical cord blood cells and ALS

• GDNF neuroprotection in animal models of ALS

• Insulin Growth Factor provides neuroprotection in laboratory animals with ALS

• Glial cells derived from hematopoietic stem cells (bone marrow or umbilical cord) are able to delay degeneration and extend survival in animal models of ALS

• ALS requires a comprehensive treatment program

• Mesenchymal stem cells (from bone marrow or umbilical cord blood) can slow disease progression in animals models of ALS and are well tolerated in human subjects