Use of Marrow Stromal Cells for the Therapy of Heart Disease

Darwin Prockop, PhD, Department of Medicine and Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University is one of several investigators working on animal models of cardiac diseases using marrow Stromal cells and other immortal cell lines.

Dr. Prockop's work focuses on injecting stromal cells into damaged myocardium. The cells differentiate into myocardial muscle instead of skeletal muscle.

Companies interested in this therapy should contact Doug Adams at
Drexel University's Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization Office. He can be reached at 215-895-0304.

For more information on cardiac treatments and stem cell research go to the latest issue of The Scientist.com