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Stony Brook tests stem cells on heart patient
Quick ReadCan stem cells zero in on cardiac muscle damaged in a heart attack and force it to regenerate? Doctors at Stony Brook University Medical Center are testing that notion.
Photo credit: Newsday/Handout | Doctors at Stony Brook University have embarked on an unusual clinical study treating heart attack patients with stem cells that remodel damaged portions of the heart. David Kenney is in a clinical study that will determine whether 100 million stem cells infused into his body can fix his ailing heart.
Until his recent heart attack, David Kenney of East Moriches was running six miles daily. Now he's a pioneering patient in a clinical study that will determine whether 100 million stem cells infused into his body can fix his ailing heart.
Doctors at Stony Brook University Medical Center are testing a notion that only a few years ago was nothing more than a tantalizing question: Can stem cells...
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