Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
Also Included In: Heart Disease; Stem Cell Research
Article Date: 18 Oct 2013 – 1:00 PDT
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Potential new way to treat chronic kidney disease and heart failure
Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital are using adult bone marrow stem cells as they investigate a completely new way of treating chronic kidney disease and heart failure in rats.
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Dr. Yuen said they do not yet know what kind of hormone the cells are secreting. Identifying the hormone would be the first step toward the goal of developing a synthetic drug.
Hospital, St. Michael\’s. “Potential new way to treat chronic kidney disease and heart failure.” Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 18 Oct. 2013. Web.
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But they and other scientists wondered about the potential side effects of returning those cells to the body, such as forming tumours.
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