A "Cell-Less" Therapy May Regenerate Heart Tissue Without Cell Transplant Risks (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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A "Cell-Less" Therapy May Regenerate Heart Tissue Without Cell Transplant Risks (2 of 2)

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The exosome treatment (Exo) supported cardiac recovery and limited the harmful enlargement of heart muscle after heart attack (MI) in the hearts of pigs. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sep. 16, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by L. Gao at University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL; and colleagues was titled, "Exosomes secreted by hiPSC-derived cardiac cells improve recovery from myocardial infarction in swine."

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L. Gao <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2020)

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