| abstract |
The present invention provides therapeutic methods which employ one or more identifiable types of mammalian stem cells, and/or their progenitor progeny cells, and/or their lineage-committed descendant cells, and/or their partially-differentiated offspring cells—with or without completely differentiated cells—to treat living mammalian subjects afflicted with a clinically recognized form of cardiopathology. The identifiable cell types include embryonic stem cells and their offspring cells; as well as the presently identified types of adult stem cells and their various offspring cells; and also include recently identified alternative cell types which have functional stem cell properties. Among the clinical forms of cardiopathology which can be efficaciously treated using the present therapeutic methods are myocardial infarction, myocarditis, heart failure, and cardiac dysrhythmia. |