Posts Tagged ‘stem cells for heart defects’

Mayo Clinic Talks Stem Cells – The Next Miracle In Medicine

Saturday, April 5th, 2014

Dr. Joseph A. Dearani M.D, Chair, Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic talks about stem cells and how they are the next miracle in Medicine.  The Mayo Clinic are carrying out the first human trials using umbilical stem cells for the treatment of congenital heart defects.  1 in 100 babies are born with a heart defect. In this video, mother April Rubeck talks about the stem cell treatment that the Mayo Clinic has provided for her son, Roman.  Stem cell treatment was a last resort and it saved little Roman’s life.