Below you will find local, national and international media coverage featuring Heart Sciences Center's impressive work in regards to cardiovascular stem cell transplantation and research and general cardiology.
Arizona :
- March 10, 2011: KPHO Ch. 5 - Dr. Dib Talks About Stem Cells
- February 8, 2011: Arizona Republic - Mercy Gilbert wants volunteers for DNA study
- November 18, 2010: Ch. 15: Firefighters are three times more likely to suffer heart disease.
- October 27, 2010 at 6 p.m.: Heart Sciences Center Continuing
Education Presents: Firefighter Heart Disease Epidemic - Click here to read more. - October 12, 2010: Azcentral.com - Heart Research conducted in Chandler, Gilbert
- October 4, 2010: Arizona Republic - Gilbert's new stem-cell center gets first cord-blood donation
- October 2010: Phoenix Magazine -Gilbert's Blood Bank
- September 10, 2010: Phoenix Business Journal - Celebration Stem Cell could be center of Gilbert biotech hub
- March 2010: Arizona Business Magazine - 2010 Health Care Leadership Awards
- February 2010: Phoenix Magazine - Heart Health
- January 21, 2010: Arizona Republic - Change of heart: Patient tells finds new life-Part II
- January 19, 2010: Arizona Republic - Change of heart: Patient tells story of stem-cell treatment
- January 2010: Phoenix Magazine - Medical Directory
- January 2010 Issue: Arizona Business Magazine - AHA Profile: Nabil Dib
- December 9, 2009: Arizona Republic - Clinical trial studies adult stem cells
- December 1, 2009: Fox 10 - Stem Cell Advancements in Heart Patients
- November 28, 2009: Arizona Republic - Mercy Gilbert lead institution in stem-cell trial
- November 28, 2009: Arizona Republic - Mercy Gilbert scores state first
- October 15, 2009: East Valley Tribune - Gilbert stem cell facility near completion
- October 8, 2009: EVLiving.com - Gilbert Stem Cell Research Programs are Making Healthcare History
- November 14, 2008: Phoenix Business Journal - Arizona Heart Institute gets a leg up with human clinical trials
- March 13, 2008: Phoenix Business Journal - Catholic Healthcare West Arizona hospitals to host trial on stem cell treatment for heart disease
- 2007: KTVK Good Evening Arizona -
- April 13, 2007: Arizona Republic - Valley Cardiologist Develops Technique to Repair Tissue in Heart Attack Patient
International :
- October 17, 2008: Angioblast Systems - First Heart Failure Patients Successfully Implanted with Angioblast Systems’ “Off-the-Shelf” Adult Stem Cells
- November 7, 2007: Advanced Cell Technology, Inc - CHW Researcher Presents Results of ACT-Sponsored Trial Demonstrating Efficacy of ACT Myoblast Therapy for Heart Failure at AHA Meeting
- March 25, 2007: Cordis Corporation - Adult Autologous Cell Therapy Improves Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure In Small Investigational Clinical Trial
- March 25, 2007: FDA Approves Phase 1 Stem Cell Research Therapy For Congestive Heart Failure
National :
- April 17, 2007: University of California, San Diego - Clinical Cardiovascular Stem Cell Research Program Launched at UC San Diego Medical Center
- March 25, 2007: American College of Cardiology - Muscle Stem Cells May Offer A New Treatment Option for Congestive Heart Failure
- November 30, 2004: Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital - Nation’s First Skeletal Muscle Cell Transplant Into A Patient’s Damaged Heart Using New Technology Delivered Via Catheter; Doctors Hope to Rebuild Heart
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