Financial & competing interests disclosure
The authors were funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the NIH to conduct research in cell therapies in stroke: grant numbers R01NS071127, R21HD060978, R21NS06316 and T31NS007412. SI Savitz served as the senior investigator for the Aldagen clinical trial. SI Savitz undertakes sponsored research with Aldagen, Celgene, Athersys and J&J, and serves as a consulant for Neuralstem and KM Phamaceutical. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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