Peripheral Vascular Disease

Critical limb ischemia is an advanced stage of peripheral artery disease, which arises from atherosclerosis. In the worst case, the lifesaving solution is amputation of a lower extremity.   Recently, however, Vascugen (Indianapolis) has licensed a stem cell therapeutic from Indiana University to grow new blood vessels for this condition. The strategy is to grow a rare endothelial stem cell and inject it directly into the ischemic region in order to stimulate new blood vessels. MORE

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