When ‘time is brain’
…Now Lechleiter and his teammates at Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals — to which UT Health San Antonio has given exclusive licensing rights to develop the drug — are preparing for phase 2 clinical trials. These trials will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of AST-004 in reducing brain tissue loss in patients with large occlusion strokes, a severe type of stroke where blood clots cause substantial brain damage. Read more >>