Our mission is to advance the current understanding of the use of stem cells in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.

Goals of Stem Cell Center

The primary goal of the Stem Cell Center is to help patients through the advancement of clinical stem cell research. The Stem Cell Center investigators are a highly trained team of nurses, cardiologists, and surgeons who are working to further the current understanding of how stem cells function in cardiovascular disease, how stem cells are recruited to heart injury, how stem cells can improve the heart function after an acute injury (as is the case in acute myocardial infarction) or after countless repeated injuries (as is the case in ischemic heart failure). The Stem Cell Center, through numerous pre-clinical studies, aims on exploring the basic aspects and influences of stem cells on animal models of cardiovascular disease. With numerous collaborative relationships with renowned institutions both near and far, the Stem Cell Center hopes to bridge the basic science understanding of stem cell action with bedside treatment strategies in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Another mission of the Stem Cell Center is education. We have an active training program in stem cell research for both US and international doctors.

Each year, the center invites doctors from around the country and the world to participate in our research programs. Our members actively participate in numerous scientific meetings and collaborate with other institutions in the United States and abroad to improve the understanding of stem cell therapy.

Updated February 2008