Source: MIT Technology Review
Date: March 21, 2007
Summary:
A new trial is now under way at a number of research sites around the country in an attempt to determine the most effective approach to treat heart disease using adult stem cells. The trial will use a specific type of blood-forming stem cell that will be injected directly into the heart muscle to treat heart-failure patients for whom all other treatments have been unsuccessful. Researchers think that this type of cell will boost growth of new blood vessels, thereby increasing blood flow to the heart.
