Source: Bloomberg News
Posted: July 12, 2007 16:59 EDT
Summary:
Bloomberg News reports on several new human clinical trials attempting to determine if a patient's own bone marrow stem cells can heal damaged heart muscle:
"Baxter International Inc. is conducting a study, to be completed in 2009, testing if stem cells taken from his bone marrow can strengthen damaged heart muscle. The trial is one of 50 involving 3,200 patients worldwide conducted by academic researchers and a dozen companies racing to market new treatments for heart disease, the No. 1 U.S. killer."
