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Application of adult stem cells to regenerate hearts having suffered attacks by means of catheter

10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!

A team of cardiologists at the University Hospital of Navarre, in collaboration with the Area of Cell Therapy at the same center, and with the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid, have carried out clinical trials on 50 patients in order to test the efficacy of adult stem sell transplants (in this case, myoblasts), in the heart of persons who have suffered a myocardial attack.

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