Categoría: Heart Failure
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Endometrial regenerative cells for treatment of heart failure: a new stem cell enters the clinic
Leo Bockeria, Vladimir Bogin, Olga Bockeria, Tatyana Le, Bagrat Alekyan, Erik J Woods, Amalia A Brown, Thomas E Ichim and Amit N Patel Journal of Translational Medicine 2013, 11:56 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-11-56 Published: 5 March 2013 Heart failure is one of the key causes of morbidity and mortality world-wide. The recent findings that regeneration is possible in…
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Stem Cell as Anti-Aging «Medicine»
In addition to the possible use of Stem-Kine for restoration/maintenance of circulating endothelial progenitor cells, the publication discusses the possibility of using such cells from sources outside of the body, for example cord blood.
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Adenosine inhibits chemotaxis and induces hepatocyte-specific genes in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
One of the major questions with adult stem cell therapy is how do the stem cells go to where they are needed?
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TaiGen Biotechnology Reports Phase I and Preclinical Data for TG-0054 at the 2009 American Society of Hematology Meeting
The ability of TG-0054 to cause mobilization of EPC may support its use in other areas besides hematology. For instance the body may be able to grow new blood vessels around the areas of ischemia.
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Stem cells may hold the key to the fight against HIV
From the medical journal PloS ONE, scientists from the University of California Los Angeles reported that human blood cells derived from adult stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells.
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Researchers Launch Phase II Trial of Stem Cells and Acute Heart Attack
Doctors at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston have announced initiation of an efficacy-finding study in the area of heart failure using a "universal donor" stem cell product called "Prochymal".
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Stem Cells May Improve Heart Bypass Results
The study demonstrated efficacy in the treated patients based on increase cardiac muscle contraction ability as compared to patients that had bypass surgery but did not receive stem cells.
