Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Stem Cells / 13.11.2023
AHA23: Successful Early Trial of Stem Cells Used To Re-Muscle Heart in Advanced Heart Failure
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Prof. Dr. Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann
Director, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University Medical Center Göttingen
Georg-August University
Göttingen, Germany
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Involvement in research and development in the field of tissue engineered heart repair since 25+ years.
Bench-to-bed translation of our research.
MedicalResearch.com: How are the stem cell obtained?
Response: We make use of induced pluripotent stem cells as starting material to obtain heart muscle cells for the engineering of Engineered Human Myocardium (EHM) and its use as Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue (BioVAT).
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