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Wed, June 16, 2010
Tue, June 15, 2010 Medistem Heart Failure Publication Achieves "Highly Accessed" Status
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - June 15, 2010) - Medistem Inc. (
The report describes the rationale for adult stem cell therapy in the treatment of heart failure and reviews numerous successes of this approach in patients reported by other scientists. The paper then describes improvement of a patient with advanced heart failure that was treated using a novel adult stem cell approach developed by the authors. The basis of the paper is to make a case for combination stem cell protocols that are optimized to stimulate the body's own regenerative processes.
"Over a thousand cardiac patients have been treated with adult stem cells in the United States and abroad with favorable safety profile," said Dr. Neil Riordan, senior author on the publication, Chairman of Medistem Inc.
"This new technology is currently in the experimental stages; however, numerous clinical trials have demonstrated statistically significant improvements, which are discussed in our paper," said Dr. Jorge Paz Rodriguez, co-author of the publication and Medical Director of the Stem Cell Institute ([ www.cellmedicine.com ]).
Collaborators of Medistem who were co-authors of the paper included internationally-renowned adult stem cell experts from Indiana University, University of Utah, and University of California San Diego.
"Currently adult stem cell therapy is available in the United States as part of clinical trials which are being conducted by companies such as Aldagen, Baxter, Athersys, Amorcyte, and Osiris. In our current paper we provide a blueprint for what we believe will be the next major step in stem cell therapy: the optimization and combination of approaches," stated Thomas Ichim, CEO of Medistem.
About Medistem Inc.
Medistem Inc. is a biotechnology company developing technologies related to adult stem cell extraction, manipulation, and use for treating inflammatory and degenerative diseases. The company's lead product, the endometrial regenerative cell (ERC), is a "universal donor" stem cell being developed for critical limb ischemia. A publication describing the support for use of ERC for this condition may be found at [ http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/pdf/1479-5876-6-45.pdf ]
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