Stem cell therapy for the heart: blind alley or magic bullet?

When stressed by ageing or disease, the adult human heart is unable to regenerate, leading to scarring and hypertrophy and eventually heart failure. As a result, stem cell therapy has been proposed as an ultimate therapeutic strategy, as stem cells could limit adverse remodelling and give rise to n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bruyneel, A, Sehgal, A, Malandraki-Miller, S, Carr, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer 2016