Stem Cell Research News – Newsletter for November 18, 2010

Patients’ own stem cells could be used as treatment for their heart disease

WASHINGTON – Scientists are revolutionizing treatment of cardiovascular disease by using patients’ own stem cells to regenerate heart and vascular tissue.

Chief investigator Douglas Losordo, director of the Program in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Heart Research of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, will present …. Read the original article  : here.

Stem cells from aged, damaged hearts could be used to treat heart failure

WASHINGTON – A new research has suggested that cardiac stem cells – even in elderly and sick patients – could generate new heart muscle and vessel tissue and be used to treat heart failure.

Scientists surgically removed tissue from the muscular wall of the heart’s chambers in 21 patients.

They then isolated and multiplied the cardiac … Read more : Stem cells from aged, damaged hearts could be used to treat heart failure.