** Shares of stem-cell therapy developer BioRestorative
Therapies Inc BRTX.O rise 2.27% to $4.5 premarket
** Co says it has signed an agreement with health care
provider Northwell Health and Northwell's Feinstein Institutes
for Medical Research
** The signing of the agreement will allow Northwell Health
to participate in co's ongoing mid-stage clinical trial of lead
candidate, BRTX-100
** BRTX-100 is being evaluated as a treatment for chronic
lumbar disc disease, in which a disc in the low back area of the
spine bulges from between the bony area
** Up to last close, stock up 60% YTD
(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru)
((Sriparna.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))