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Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage

from Rice University via News-Medical.Net

Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage Rice University via News-Medical.Net Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells' ability to heal heart injuries caused by heart attacks. In a study using rodents, a team led by Rice's Omid Veiseh and Baylor's Ravi Ghanta showed it could make capsules of wound-healing mesenchymal stem cells and implant them next to wounded hearts using minimally invasive techniques. READ MORE

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