SUNRISE, FL--(Marketwired - May 31, 2013) - Bioheart, Inc. (
Kristin Comella, Bioheart's Chief Science Officer, said, "This trial will provide important data for the field. We are thrilled to see brisk enrollment in the trial. Clearly there is a need for better therapies for this patient population and cell therapy offers a promising option."
About Bioheart, Inc.
Bioheart is committed to maintaining its leading position within the cardiovascular sector of the cell technology industry delivering cell therapies and biologics that help address congestive heart failure, lower limb ischemia, chronic heart ischemia, acute myocardial infarctions and other issues. Bioheart's goals are to cause damaged tissue to be regenerated, when possible, and to improve a patient's quality of life and reduce health care costs and hospitalizations.
Specific to biotechnology, Bioheart is focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage and peripheral vascular disease. Its leading product, MyoCell, is a clinical muscle-derived cell therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients. For more information on Bioheart, visit www.bioheartinc.com , or visit us on Facebook: Bioheart and Twitter @BioheartInc.
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