Aastrom builds on stem cell success in heart failure

Aastrom Bioscience's stem cell treatment ixmyelocel-T has improved heart function in a Phase IIa study in patients with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.

Aastrom Bioscience's stem cell treatment ixmyelocel-T has improved heart function in a Phase IIa study in patients with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.

The Phase IIa study presented this week at a late-breaking clinical trials session at the SCAI 2012 meeting in Las Vegas, showed that patients receiving the product experienced repair of...

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