“…The feasibility of allogeneic UCB cell infusions into patients with non-hematopoietic degenerative conditions was evaluated in the study conducted by Yang et al [38]. One hundred fourteen patients with paraplegia, ataxia, multiple or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, among other conditions, received multiple (up to 4e5) intrathecal injections combined with intravenous infusion of allogeneic HLA-unmatched UCB mononuclear cells (1e3 Â 10 7 cells per treatment).…”