Diacrin preclinical data

The Charlestown, Mass., company published animal data showing that fetal cells can be used to repair damaged neuronal circuitry.

As reported in Nature Medicine, researchers transplanted embryonic porcine neural cells into adult rat brains with neuronal and axonal loss typical of Parkinson's or Huntington's disease. Using species-specific cellular markers, they found donor axons and astroglial fibers in host white matter tracts up to 8 mm from transplant sites. However, only donor axons were capable of reaching correct gray matter target regions. The authors concluded that adult host brains can orient growth of transplanted neurons. ...