Building Cardiac Tissue from Stem Cells and Natural Matrices
Congestive heart failure afflicts 4.8 million people, with 400,000 new cases each year. Myocardial infarction (MI), also known as a "heart attack", leads to a loss of cardiac tissue and…
Growing Stem Cell Research in California: Todd McDevitt Lab, Gladstone Institutes
California's Stem Cell Agency (CIRM) has catalyzed the growth of stem cell research by helping recruit scientists to the state. In this video, we feature Dr. Todd McDevitt, a leading biomedical…
Heart disease: Progress toward stem cell therapies, a live Google Hangout
Watch this Google Hangout to learn about recent progress in developing stem cell therapies for heart disease. Hear from stem cell clinical trial participant Fred Lesikar, stem cell experts Dr.…
Webinar: Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Heart Disease – Lessons Learned | Eduardo Marbán
Title: Lessons learned from Phase 1 trial of heart-derived stem cells as we move into Phase 2 Speaker: Eduardo Marbán, M.D., Ph.D. Founder and Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board, Capricor,…
Spotlight on Stem Cell Advances in Pediatric Heart Disease: A Change of Heart
One percent of live births have heart defects, the leading noninfectious cause of death in the 1st year. Using embryonic stem cell technology, Dr. Deepak Srivastava's lab has made many…
Spotlight on Stem Cell Advances in Heart Disease: Generating Muscle within an Existing Heart
Long-term stem cell-based strategies for heart disease aim to rebuild parts of the heart. But investigators like Deepak Srivastava are also looking into more near term goals to regenerate heart…
Joshua’s Heart Story: Pediatric Heart Disease and the Promise of Stem Cell Advances
The day before 9/11, just four months pregnant, Mary Goulart and her husband learned through ultrasounds that their baby had several heart defects including a missing left ventricle. After birth,…
Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Heart Failure: Eduardo Marbán – CIRM Spotlight on Disease
CIRM has funded a $5.5 million Disease Team to develop a follow-on cardiac stem cell clinical trial that uses a patient's own heart stem cells to regenerate scarred tissue damaged…
Cardiovascular Therapies: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research – Welcoming Remarks
Robert Klein, J.D. and Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A., gave the welcoming remarks for the "Spotlight on Cardiovascular Therapies," an educational event presented at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Governing…