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CHABio&Diostech conducts Korea’s first human clinical trial using embryonic stem cells to treat dry type age related macular dystrophy (dry AMD)
- Announced the result of cell therapy product transplant on two stargardt’s macular dystrophy patients and two macular degeneration patients
- Observed improvement of visual functions and could not find any adverse effect until now.
CHA Bio&Diostech announces early stage of Korea’s first clinical trial on the treatment of stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) and mascular degeneration using human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The surgery was performed at the Bundang CHA Hospital in Korea by a team of surgeons in the department of ophthalmology led by Professor Won Kyung Song.
CHA Bio&Diostech has recruited two dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) patients and two Stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) patients for its clinical trial. These patients were transplanted with embryonic stem cell derived retinal epithelial cell. Adverse effects were not found and improvement of visual functions was observed. Patients who could read only one word on the ETDRS standard were improved to see 7 words after the treatment.
Representative of CHABio&Diostech, Won S. Yang has mentioned that they will recruit one more stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) patient and 10 more macular degeneration patients as the early stage of clinical trials has shown positive results.
Currently, CHABio&Diostech is recruiting Stargardt’s macular dystrophy (SMD) patients for clinical trials and recently received a certification of its clinical trial from the KFDA.
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