Dr. Barry Dworkin

Stem cell treatment for heart disease/failure shows promise

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 30, 2014

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Stem cell therapy ‘could reduce death from heart disease’

Reference:

Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure, , Enca Martin-Rendon, et al., The Cochrane Library, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007888.pub2, published online 29 April 2014. Abstract.

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