Monday, March 26, 2007

Muscle Stem Cells May Offer A New Treatment Option For Congestive Heart Failure

Source: American College of Cardiology
Date: March 26, 2007

Summary:

As a new wave of stem cell research continues, cardiologists are trying to tap into the self-renewing cells' life-saving potential. Scientists have performed the first U.S. controlled, randomized Phase I clinical trial using a three-dimensional guided catheter system to deliver muscular stem cells to the heart.