PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cunningham, Muriel
ED  - Lunde, Ketil
TI  - Cell Therapy: Current State and Future Directions
DP  - 2007  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 33--33
VI  - 7
IP  - 7
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/33.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/7/33.full
AB  - Bone marrow cells (BMCs) have the potential to differentiate into heart cells through a process called transdifferentiation. BMCs can be harvested either indirectly from the peripheral blood or directly through bone marrow aspiration and then administered in the heart via catheter-based intracoronary or intramyocardial injection during open heart surgery, or through retrograde coronary venous delivery.