Program Type: Clinical
Allogenic human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis
Therapeutic Candidate or Device Intra-articularly injected allogeneic culture-expanded human adipose derived mesenchymal progenitor cells Indication Knee osteoarthritis Therapeutic Mechanism Cartilage regeneration (as determined by cartilage volume increase), immunomodulatory effects Unmet Medical Need There is no approved disease modification therapy for osteoarthritis (OA), and OA is a leading cause of both hospitalization and joint replacement surgery. […]
Intraparenchymal NR1 Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic Subcortical Ischemic Stroke
Therapeutic Candidate or Device A human embryonic derived, non-genetically modified neural stem cell (NR1), originally derived from the Wi-Cell H-9 line. Indication Patients with chronic motor deficits, from 6 months to 5 years after stroke. NR1 cells will be transplanted into the brain near the stroke. Therapeutic Mechanism The proposed therapeutic mechanism of action of […]
Ex vivo transduced autologous human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells for treatment of cystinosis
Therapeutic Candidate or Device Transduced Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Peripheral Blood Stem Cells of adults and pediatric patients with cystinosis Indication Autologous hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for patients with cystinosis Therapeutic Mechanism Direct transfer of proteins from interstitial macrophages to host cells via long tubular protrusions called tunneling nanotubes, transplantion of autologous HSC modified […]
Regeneration of a Normal Corneal Surface by Limbal Stem Cell Therapy
Therapeutic Candidate or Device cultivated patient-specific corneal epithelial stem cells (limblal stem cells, LSC) Indication Corneal blindness from inability to heal due to corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency as a results of injury Therapeutic Mechanism Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) leads to inability to heal. The most desired treatment is to replace the necessary amount […]
Stem cell-derived islet cell replacement therapy with immunosuppression for high-risk type 1 diabetes
Therapeutic Candidate or Device hESC-derived pancreatic progenitor cells delivered in a device that allows direct vascularization of the cell therapy Indication high-risk type 1 diabetes including "brittle" diabetes and hypoglycemia unawareness Therapeutic Mechanism People with type 1 diabetes have lost their pancreatic cells that make insulin, and therefore have to self-administer insulin. It is very […]
Ex Vivo Transduction of the Human Artemis (DCLRE1C) cDNA by Lentiviral Vector AProArt into CD34+ Hematopoietic Cells for Artemis (ART)-Deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
Therapeutic Candidate or Device Blood-forming stem cells harboring a SCID gene defect, modified to become normal by addition of a correct copy of the Artemis/DCLRE1C DNA repair gene. Indication Treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency due to defects in the Artemis/DCLRE1C gene. Therapeutic Mechanism Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is characterized by absence of T and B […]
Development of AB-110: genetically-modified endothelial cells plus expanded cord blood hematopoietic stem cells as a transplantation therapy
Therapeutic Candidate or Device CD34+ Cord-Blood Derived Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells Co-Cultured and Co-Infused with Genetically Modified Endothelial Cells Indication Life-threatening high-risk hematologic malignancies including leukemia and lymphoma Therapeutic Mechanism Appropriately matched cord-blood derived stem and progenitor cells which has a significant population of both short- and long-term stem cells (expanded by genetically modified […]
Development of a Chondrogenic Drug Candidate Targeting Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
Therapeutic Candidate or Device The therapeutic candidate is a drug-like small molecule that promotes cartilage resident mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into chondrocytes. Indication Osteoarthritis and cartilage injury Therapeutic Mechanism The therapeutic candidate, through intra-articular administration, promotes cartilage resident mesenchymal stem cell differentiation into chondrocytes. The newly formed chondrocytes replace the dead chondrocytes, synthesize and secret […]
IND-enabling study of subretinal delivery of human neural progenitor cells for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
Therapeutic Candidate or Device human fetal cortex derived neural progenitor cells (CNS10-NPC) Indication To stabilize disease progression and maintain ocular integrity and vision for RP patients. This approach can be applied to more prevalent AMD. Therapeutic Mechanism A single subretinal injection of Human neural progenitor cells (CNS10-NPC) offers dramatic preservation of vision. CNS10-NPC engraft and […]
Clinical Development of a Cell Therapy for Diabetes
We are developing a stem cell-derived replacement cell therapy for insulin-requiring diabetes. Through a process known as directed differentiation, embryonic stem cells are turned into pancreatic cells in the laboratory. The pancreatic cells are loaded into a delivery device, which is essentially a small envelope made with a semi-permeable membrane, not unlike a flat tea […]