Stem Cell Therapy For Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Disease

[scmurphy3]

The use of stem cells for ischemic heart disease is a no-brainer.  Ischemic myocardium secretes various stem cell chemoattractants and this is believed to actually cause new blood vessels to be formed.  By "redistributing" stem cells through taking out bone marrow and placing it systemically, the stem cells have an opportunity to home to ischemic tissue at an increased frequency than without mobilization, and there is improvement in the ischemia.  The more interesting thing is that stem cells hypothetically can also help non-ischemic heart disease through immune modulation.  This is an interesting video of a pateint with heart failure that was successfully treated with stem cells by the clinic Cellmedicine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcFQeRNuPDo

[tao19]

This is quite remarkable especially given the fact that heart failure patients are thought to have no options.  This data is quite promising and I hope it continues to play itself out in the clinic and in clinical trials.  God speed,

[amanda]

This is very Inspiring. this will give those who have heart failure patient a reason to step forward in life and continue living. in our new technology everything will be fine. more power to you guys.