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Bioscience Horizons 2008 1(1):67-74; doi:10.1093/biohorizons/hzn004
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© Oxford University Press 2008

Is the clinical use of adult stem cells a realistic possibility for myocardial regeneration?

Katya Kaczmarczyk*

Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK

* Corresponding author: 2 Windsor Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8NQ, UK. Tel: + 44 7963289658. Email: kaczmarczyk.katya{at}gmail.com

Supervisor: Dr Chris Willmott, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, UK.


  Abstract

Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in the Western World and as such presents a large incentive for finding a cure. There is much current interest in exploiting adult stem cells in cardiac therapies, with both heart tissue and bone marrow being considered as potential sources or stem cells. Some promising results for future therapies are emerging, but it remains unclear how long it will take for the research to translate into clinical use. Further basic research into stem cell biology needs to be conducted before such therapies can be used with confidence.

Key words: adult stem cells, myocardial regeneration, cardiac stem cells

Submitted on 29 September 2007; accepted on 17 December 2007


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