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Trial studying adult mesenchymal stem cells on heart attack victims announced

Published in Blood Weekly, April 28th, 2005

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., announced that is has begun a multicenter, randomized clinical trial with Provacel, a novel therapeutic based on adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).

"We are extremely enthusiastic about this study, which represents the first use of an allogeneic adult stem cell to treat the consequences of heart attack in humans. The trial design is supported by an extensive series of preclinical studies performed in animal models that demonstrate that MSCs safely and effectively reduce the damage caused by heart attack," said lead investigator Dr. Joshua Hare, director of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation and the Cardiobiology Section of the...

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