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Nature Biotechnology 27, 498 (1 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/nbt0609-498b

India's first true stem cell trials

Killugudi Jayaraman

The Drug-Controller General of India (DCGI) has given the go-ahead for the first clinical trials designed to test stem cell products. Stempeutics Research of Bangalore launched a combined phase 1 and phase 2 trial on April 22 to evaluate whether its stem cell products can benefit people who have experienced myocardial infarction and individuals with critical limb ischemia (CLI)—a condition that often requires amputation.