Latest Neocardiogenesis Stories

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6b8b32/neocardiogenesis) has announced the addition of the "NeoCardiogenesis - Celebrating The Birth Of Regenerative Cardiology" report to their offering. Regenerating the damaged human heart therapeutically is the new paradigm that was a heresy not too long ago. Regenerative cardiology is now a segment of one of the most heavily funded areas of medical research in human history. The initial euphoria of growing natural...

U.S. scientists say they've identified a new group of stem cells that can create cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells, to regenerate injured heart tissue. The finding by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston follows studies that found a specific stem cell or progenitor, marked by expression of a gene called Nkx2-5 can form many components of the heart, including heart muscle cells. In the new finding, Children's Hospital scientists showed heart muscle cells can also be derived from a...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental therapy using the body's bone marrow stem cells to repair damage done to cardiac tissue and blood vessels in a heart attack does not appear to work, German researchers reported on Tuesday. The study from Technische Universitat in Munich involved a growth protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which brings the body's bone marrow stem cells into play. The authors said there is increasing evidence that stem cells can contribute to...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bone marrow cells (BMCs) transplanted into damaged areas of the heart reduce the amount of damage and improve heart performance, physicians in Germany report. Previous studies have suggested that BMCs may regenerate damaged heart muscle when given soon after a heart attack. However, this is the first study to examine the cells' potential in hearts damaged further in the past. Dr. Bodo E. Strauer and colleagues at Heinrich-Heine-University in Dusseldorf...