Magnetic Attraction of Stem Cells to the Injured Heart Creates More Potent Treatment for Heart Attack, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Study

Newswise — Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have found in animals that infusing cardiac-derived stem cells with micro-size particles of iron and then using a magnet to guide those stem cells to the area of the heart damaged in a heart attack boosts the heart’s retention of those cells and could increase the therapeutic benefit of stem cell therapy for heart disease.

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