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June 17, 2013 
To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab 
Lungs and other organs for transplant are scarce. But what if there were another way?  What if you could grow a custom-made organ in a lab? . . .  "I believe the future is ... a pig matrix covered with your own cells," says Doris Taylor of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. She reported creating a rudimentary beating rat heart in 2008 with the cell-replacement technique and is now applying it to a variety of organs. Read more from the Houston Chronicle.  

For more about Dr. Taylor's work, see Regenerative Medicine Research.

June 6, 2013
Denton A. Cooley, MD makes major gift to Texas Medical Center Library
Legendary heart surgeon Denton A. Cooley, MD has made the largest single gift from an individual to the Texas Medical Center Library since Jesse H. Jones funded the original building’s construction. Read more ...

May 29, 2013 
FDA-Approved Clinical Trial to Test Effectiveness of Fat-Derived Regenerative Cells
Doctors at the Texas Heart Institute announced that they have performed an investigational procedure on six patients in a new FDA-approved clinical trial (ATHENA) to evaluate therapy that uses regenerative cells derived from a patients' own adipose (body fat) tissue to treat a severe form of heart failure. Read more ... 

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May 15, 2013 
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph S. Coselli, elected vice president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Read the current issue.
  
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Publications of the Texas Heart Institute

Heart to Heart e-newsletter from THI President, Dr. James T. Willerson 

UPDATE recognizing donors and highlighting events 

Heart Watch research newsletter for medical professionals (En español)   

Texas Heart Institute Journal peer-reviewed scientific journal   

Index of Collected Papers of THI professional staff  

Library and LRC E-News resources, services and classes  

Women's Heart Health E-News "Straight Talk" by Dr. Stephanie Coulter 

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