Seaweed and fireflies brew may guide stem cell treatment for peripheral artery disease
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:45
in Health & Medicine
An unlikely brew of seaweed and glow-in-the-dark biochemical agents may hold the key to the safe use of transplanted stem cells to treat patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to a team of veterinarians, basic scientists and interventional radiologists at Johns Hopkins.