October 4, 2007

Blood Cells to Save the Heart

Worldwide, nearly 70 clinical trials use cells taken from a patient’s own blood or bone marrow to help repair muscle and tissue damage caused by myocardial infarction and vascular disease (source: ClinicalTrials.gov).
These human experiments have an interesting history. Back in 1999, researchers at the NIH found that injecting a heart-damaged mouse with cells taken from [...]

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