Surgeons Inject Concentrated Stem Cells Directly Into Patient’s Heart In New Clinical Trial

Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston were the first in the nation Thursday to inject highly-concentrated stem cells directly into a patient’s heart, providing an intense, direct hit on damaged heart tissue. In an investigational study of new heart failure treatments, this promising new technique may be more effective in regenerating healthy heart tissue than current methods that use a catheter to put standard stem cells through the bloodstream into the heart.

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on November 25th, 2008