Tuesday, January 22, 2008

First U.S. Trial Transplants Stem Cells to Investigate Prevention of Leg Amputations

Source: Northwestern University
Date: January 22, 2008

Summary:

A Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researcher has launched the first U.S. trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells was transplanted into their leg muscles with severely blocked arteries to try to grow new small blood vessels and restore circulation in their legs.