Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: March 11, 2007
Summary:
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on a novel stem cell clinical trial using patients' own cells to treat their heart disease:
"Doctors at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics harvested adult stem cells from a patent's bone marrow so they could be injected into blood-deprived areas of his heart. The hope is that the cells will stimulate the formation of new blood vessels or the expansion of existing ones, restoring blood flow. The experiment could help overturn a dismal dogma that has pervaded the field of cardiology for decades: We are born with all the heart cells we will ever have, and if some die, they can't be replaced."
