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BOTHELL, Wash., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellCyte Genetics Corporation (CellCyte) (OTC Bulletin Board: CCYG) has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine to perform an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) disease model study in mice using CellCyte's CCG-TH30 product candidate. The goal of the study is to evaluate the functional benefit of the CCG-TH30 therapy in a disease model outcome study representative of the AMI (heart attack) indication. Douglas W. Losordo, M.D., a leader in cardiovascular cell therapy research and Director of Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, will serve as the principal investigator on the study.
"We are extremely pleased to collaborate with Dr. Losordo, as he is one of the preeminent leaders in cardiovascular regenerative medicine," said Ronald W. Berninger, Ph.D., CellCyte's Chief Scientific Officer. "This is another important collaboration for our program, as it allows us to evaluate the functional outcome benefit of the CCG-TH30 therapy as compared to standard cell therapies where delivery agents aren't used."
About Douglas W. Losordo, M.D.
Dr. Losordo is a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is
the Director of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine and the Feinberg
Cardiovascular Research Institute, both at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and
Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Losordo is a member of the Northwestern
Memorial Faculty Foundation, and his clinical interests include gene
therapy, stem cell transplant, regenerative medicine and angiogenesis. He
has preclinical expertise in animal models of cardiac disease, as well as
preclinical and clinical expertise in stem cell therapy for cardiac
regeneration. In recognition of his continued and outstanding achievements,
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine named Dr. Losordo the
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