Stem cell ‘homing’ signal may help treat heart failure patients

February 22, 2013

In the first human study of its kind, researchers activated heart failure patients’ stem cells with gene therapy to improve their symptoms, heart function and quality of life, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research. Researchers delivered a gene that encodes a factor called SDF-1 to activate stem cells like a “homing” signal. (Medical Xpress)