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Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine is a rapidly developing, exciting field of medicine that seeks to regenerate (repair and/or replace) damaged tissue in the body.

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While conventional medicine attempts to improve the function of damaged tissue with medication or surgery, the Program in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital seeks to regenerates cardiac and vascular tissue in a number of ways including:

• gene therapy, which attempts to increase expression of certain natural reparative genes

• autologous (one's own) stem cell therapy, which attempts to regenerate and replenish tissue by increasing the supply of naturally occurring reparative cells at sites of damage

Douglas W. Losordo, MD is the director, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, director, Program in Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Heart Research of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It is through his years of experience and research that new therapies are being developed through clinical research trials to relieve symptoms for patients with advanced forms of cardiovascular disease.

Contact
For more information regarding Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at the Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute, please contact the Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute at (312) 695-0072.