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Previous research conducted by various groups had indicated stem cell treatments helped rats with SCI. “But because there are distinct differences in the nervous system and immunological responses between rodents and primates it is critical to determine how effective and safe the injections might be in a non-human primate SCI model as part of the translational research required for clinical trials” explained Hideyuki Okano M.D. Ph.D. of Keio University School of Medicine’s physiology department and a co-author of the new…