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Medical College lands grant for stem cell research
Published September 10, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
The Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa has received a two-year, $416,625 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop stem cell-based therapies to treat portions of the heart that have died from a heart attack.
Researchers believe the work may lead to development of new ways to treat tissue damaged by heart attack that are less invasive and better tolerated by patients. The stem cells are derived from federally-approved stem cell lines.
Ming Zhao, Ph.D., assistant professor of biophysics, is principal investigator for the grant.
Zhao hopes to develop stem cells to specifically recognize and bind to tissues damaged by heart attack. The stem cells are expected to replace and regenerate the damaged tissue. Cardiac repair by stem cell implantation has shown promise as a post-heart attack therapy, but the use of stem cells to treat tissue damaged by heart attack is currently uncommon because of a low retention rate of stem cells to damaged sites.
