Isolation Of Cardiac Stem/Progenitor Cells Expressing Islet-1

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Brief Description

According to the American Heart Association, an estimated 82.4 million American live with one or more types of cardiovascular disease. Annually, about 2.7% of Americans suffer a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Patients who survive acute myocardial infarction continue to suffer from loss of cardiomyocytes, cardiac scar formation, ventricular remodeling, and in most cases, eventual heart failure.

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that a small population of cells in the adult heart have the capacity to self-renew and to differentiate into one or more cell types of the heart. 

Suggested uses

• treating cardiovascular disease by repair or regenerating of injured cardiac tissue.