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Stem cell therapy shows promise in regenerating damaged muscle in heart attack patients

03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!

Heart attack patients who received an new intravenous adult stem cell therapy, Provacel, experienced a lower number of adverse events, such as cardiac arrhythmias, and had significant improvements in heart, lung and global function compared to those who received a placebo, according to six-month Phase I study data presented at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit in New Orleans on March 25.

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