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The patients were 37 to 54 yr old, had ischemic strokes more than 1 yr prior to transplantation, and received Fugl-Meyer motor scale scores of 17-48 at screening. During a single surgical procedure, patients received several neural grafts (42\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03) within the peri-infarct region targeted strategically to facilitate neural repair.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The IMI enabled multiple cellular deposits to be safely placed peripheral to stroke lesions. The procedure was well tolerated, recovery was uneventful, and there occurred no subsequent complications. The IMI performed reliably throughout the procedures without evident targeting errors. One year after transplantation, all 3 subjects displayed significant clinical improvement, and imaging analysis demonstrated occupation of infarct cavities with new tissue without tumor formation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IMI technology permits unprecedented numbers of injections to be tactically placed in 3-dimensional arrays safely and reliably in human subjects.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>This advanced methodology can optimize the benefits of novel therapeutics by enabling versatile 3-dimensional intracerebral targeting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ons\/opz204","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,16]],"date-time":"2019-08-16T12:13:10Z","timestamp":1565957590000},"page":"503-510","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["First Human Trial of Stem Cell Transplantation in 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