Molecular imaging is a new discipline that makes possible the noninvasive visualization of
cellular and molecular processes in living subjects. In the field of cardiovascular …

As clinical trials with stem cells for cardiac regenerative therapy move forward, advances in
imaging equipment and technique offer powerful methods to evaluate therapeutic efficacy …

A growing number of exciting animal and preclinical studies are beginning to reveal the
immense potential in stem cell–based therapies, particularly in the area of treating …

Stem cells have been touted as the holy grail of medical therapy, with promises to
regenerate cardiac tissue, but it appears the jury is still out on this novel therapy. Using …

Stem cell therapies hold the great promise and interest for cardiac regeneration among
scientists, clinicians and patients. However, advancement and distillation of a standard …

Stem cell therapy is emerging as a promising approach to treat heart diseases.
Considerable evidence from experimental studies and initial clinical trials suggests that stem …

Cardiac stem cell therapy continues to hold promise for the treatment of ischemic heart
disease despite the fact that early promising pre-clinical findings have yet to be translated …

In recent years, stem cell therapy for the treatment of heart disease has translated from the
imagination of investigators to the bedside of patients. The initial results from trials …

Despite preclinical promise, the progress of cell-based therapy to clinical cardiovascular
practice has been slowed by several challenges and uncertainties that have been …

Clinical trials in cardiac cell-based therapy (CBT) have demonstrated the immense potential
of stem progenitor cells (SPCs) to repair the injured myocardium. The bulk of evidence so far …