New funding for gene therapy development at Xplore Lab

Xplore Lab and their collaborators at the University of Guelph have received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research project grant and a Collaborative Health Research Project grant to further develop an AAV vector expressing human SPB to test its potential as a...

Moving forward with a phase 1 trial

Dr. Bernard Thébaud and colleagues have received a $638,000 grant from the Stem Cell Network with in-kind matching funds from MDTB Cells GmbH to conduct a phase I clinical trial of umbilical cord cell therapy for premature babies. This trial aims to determine if this...

Healing damaged lungs in premature babies

Dr. Bernard Thébaud and colleagues have been awarded $300,000 from the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM) to conduct research in preparation for a clinical trial of umbilical cord stem cell therapy for premature babies with BPD; the team hopes to...