OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital conducts second phase of landmark Batten study
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital will lead the next phase of a landmark clinical trial to further assess the safety and preliminary effectiveness of purified human neural stem cells (HuCNS-SC) as a potential treatment for infantile or late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), a rare and currently fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects infants and children.
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