Source: Harvard University
Date: March 14, 2008
Summary:
A panel of Harvard Stem Cell Institute experts said recently that stem cell research’s biggest impact on patients’ health likely won’t come from therapies that inject stem cells or implant tissues made from them, but rather from the knowledge gained by examining diseased tissues grown from the cells. Kenneth Chien, head of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute’s Cardiovascular Program, and director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cardiovascular Research Center, said he expected stem cell research to transform our understanding of diseases over the next 10 years or so and lead to new drugs and treatment strategies.
