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Muscle stem cells may offer a new treatment option for congestive heart failure

03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!

As a new wave of stem cell research continues, cardiologists are trying to tap into the self-renewing cells' life-saving potential. Scientists have performed the first US controlled, randomized Phase I clinical trial using a three-dimensional guided catheter system to deliver muscular stem cells to the heart. The study was presented today at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit in New Orleans.

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