Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:819. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.089
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac
Invited Commentary
Craig Selzman, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah, 30 N 1900 E, 3C 127 SOM, Salt Lake City, UT 84132
(Email: craig.selzman@hsc.utah.edu).
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In the last 5 years, significant enthusiasm (both experimentally and clinically) exists to apply progenitor cells to modify the myocardial response to injury. In many ways, the popular appeal of stem cell therapy, as well as its vast potential, has led to the quick adoption of these approaches into human clinical trials. Meanwhile, much remains to be learned about individual cell types and their mechanism of action. In the article by Zeller and colleagues [1], the group from Indiana continues their investigation of the effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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