Search Tag: Stem cell therapy

Cardiology Management

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2017 20 Jun

Stem cell therapy has gained popularity as a treatment option for patients with severe and end-stage heart failure. However, researchers at Tel Aviv University caution against using cells from the host patient to repair tissue as this method may cause harm to patients. Their study is published the journal Circulation. "We found that, contrary to popular...Read more

Cardiology Management

Stem-cell-delivery-can-improve-cardiac-function-after-infarction

2016 24 Oct

A study published by Hansen and colleagues in the journal BioResearch Open Access , demonstrated that delivering human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC)-seeded biological sutures to the infarcted myocardium is a promising method with a significant treatment potential for myocardial infarction (MI).   Previous research suggests that stem cell-based...Read more