Stem Cell Heart Therapy Has Mixed Results - Followup
Related News: Heart / Cardio NewsFollowing up on our article discussing one study's failure to show positive results from one type of stem cell heart therapy, MSN is doing a big breakdown showing both the pros and cons of stem cell research focusing on heart studies. Some of the research instances they discuss do show benefits stem cell heart procedures and goes further to comment on the study done at Technische Universitat in Munich, Germany.
Essentially at this point, the overall research being done regarding heart patients and stem cell related treatments in certainly inconclusive. However, with all the mixed results .. being inconclusive is also certainly not definitive. There is a lot of research work to be done.
The German trial furthermore has definitely not dampened enthusiasm for heart regeneration therapies. Several reports on stem cell research will be highlighted at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta on Mar. 11-14. Teams of doctors and biotech companies around the world are continuing their research in this area, as many believe that there is still so much significant promise in this field of study.
Even futher, most of the research teams world wide point out that their methods are different from the German approach. The failure of G-CSF study turned more attention on the efforts to deliver stem cells directly to the heart, rather than indirectly trying to stimulate them with a growth factor.
So keep an eye open as stem cell heart procedures will continue to be a widely studied segment of stem cell research that will likely see more breakthroughs ..
Posted on March 7, 2006 02:10 AM