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There are currently no treatments to protect the FGR newborn from lifelong neurological conditions. We have previously reported neuroprotective potential of a single dose of combined mesenchymal stromal cells and endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) therapy, termed cECFC, isolated from healthy human term placenta, in treating brain injury in a preclinical model of FGR. We administered cECFCs to newborn FGR pigs and survived to postnatal day 4 (2-week human equivalence). We reported improved gray and white matter integrity, reduced glial-mediated inflammation and improved microvasculature. Here, we aimed to examine whether this novel therapy presented sustained efficacy in newborn pigs that survived to postnatal day 10 (1-month human equivalence). We determined a single dose of cECFC treatment affords moderate neuroprotective capacity in the cortex but limited efficacy in the periventricular white matter. 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