UTHealth studies cord blood stem cells for pediatric traumatic brain injury
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:32
in Health & Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child's own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children. The study is being performed in conjunction with Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, UTHealth's primary children's teaching hospital.