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- Cord Blood Stem Cells May Help Repair Babies' Heart Defects
10 (Bloomberg) -- Umbilical cord blood, rich in stem cells, may provide raw material to repair the hearts of thousands of babies born each year with defective heart valves, according to researchers. Cardiologists at the University ... |
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The CHD Blog: Stem Cells May Help Repair Valve Defects!
10 -- Cardiologists at the University Hospital of Munich believe that umbilical cord blood, rich in stem cells, may bre the raw material needed to repair the hearts of thousands of children born each year with defective heart valves. ... |
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Umbilical cord blood may help create new heart valves
In the future, children born with defective heart valves may receive a new valve grown from their own stem cells collected from umbilical cord blood, potentially avoiding problems of organ rejection or blood clots that can occur with ... |
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FDA okays Edwards implant to fix defective mitral heart valves
The Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna mitral valve has been available in Europe since 2005. In the United States, it will compete with mechanical heart valves and pig-tissue valves as treatment for patients with mitral valve disease. ... |