Harvard stem cell researcher Kenneth Chien speaks about a cardiac stem cell discovery that may be the first step on the path to regenerating healthy heart muscle.

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Stem Cells: Mending a broken heart?

Christine Mummery, PhD -- Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands; From the SBS Symposium Screening Stem Cells 2009: From Reprogramming to Regenerative Medicine. Held in Boston, MA, USA - September 2-3, 2009.

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Cardiovascular Derivatives of Embryonic Stem Cells in Cardiac Repair and Drug Discovery

How can we harness the power of stem cells to repair the heart or other damaged organs? Dr.

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Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiac Disease

This cardiac patient has made rapid progress thanks to Dr. Tuma's adult stem cell treatment in Peru.

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Cardiac Recovery Points to Adult Stem Cells

http://www.globalchange.com Repair damaged heart or brain following heart attack or stroke. Treatment for cardiac damage, brain damage, degenerative brain disease including potential new treatment for Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons disease, encephalopathy, micro emboli, brain trauma. Experimental treatments to regenerate healthy brain tissue using adult stem cells -- rather than embryonic stem cells.

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Designer Life: repair brain, heart with stem cells - Future Health keynote speaker

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Cardiac Stem Cells in End-Stage Human Failing Hearts: Are they functional?

The video shows neonatal heart cells, cultured from cardiac stem cells, beating on our CellAlign substrate after 14 days. 4800000 people suffer from congestive heart failure.

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A fast paced tour of the University of Washington School of Medicine's new research lab complex. Situated in the bio-tech heart of Seattle's South Lake Union, the labs are conducting cutting edge research into cardiac stem cells, advanced MRI imaging, obesity and diabetes, and tumor vaccines.

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Wow! UW Research labs

Dr. Amit Patel gives a brief overview of stem cells and cardiac stem cell therapy.

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Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy