Cardiovascular Regeneration Group

Heart and vascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the world.  Stem cells are an exciting and potential revolutionary approach to drug development and therapy.  Further understanding of stem cell behavior, characterization, manipulation, expansion and therapeutic delivery is required.

Mission:

To create a forum that fosters inter-disciplinary collaborations toward bench to bedside translation of cell technologies for heart and vascular disease management.


blue, pink, and green heart cells with a black background
New human heart muscle forms in pig heart following CPC delivery: Following a myocardial infarction, catheter delivered CPCs differentiate to form new heart muscle cells in pig heart (green, cTnT, a heart muscle protein, red: human nuclear antigen; blue, DAPI, nucleus). Image courtesy of Tim Kamp

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