Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, June 5th, 2005
According to a study from Germany, "we tested the hypothesis that intravenously administered human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) cells contribute to repair processes following myocardial infarction."
"hUCB mononuclear cells containing 0.11% to 1.1% CD34+ cells were injected in the tail vein of non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mice that had myocardial infarction (MI+) or had not (MI-) previously undergone ligation of the left anterior coronary artery (LAD). Homing to bone marrow and solid organs was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
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