June 8, 2005 -- The Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM), based in St. John, Barbados, announced on Monday that patients with advanced heart failure improved significantly after receiving stem cell therapy. The results, derived from a small clinical trial, showed that 30 days after receiving stem cells by injection into the heart, the patients improved an average of 41% in cardiac pumping efficiency and 72% in a standard test for walking distance. The results were sustained after 90 days, and the walking distance improved by another 16 %. We examine these encouraging data...
