• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Health / Medicine / Davenport research foundation looks for alternative heart repair

Davenport research foundation looks for alternative heart repair

October 11, 2005 By admin

A Davenport research foundation studying ways to stimulate new blood vessel growth in the heart to replace blocked passageways. Doctor Eric Dippel says doctors normally can open blockages with balloons, stints and bypasses, but sometimes that doesn’t work. Dippel says the study involves injecting a gene therapy protein into the muscle of the heart to try and stimulate new blood vessel growth. He says there are currently -no- gene therapies approved for marketing by the F-D-A. Dippel’s office, Midwest Cardiovascular, has just enrolled its first patient in the study. He says he’s looking for more study candidates for whom other methods of removing blockages did not work. He says it could be a new lease on life for people who are out of options, aside from a heart transplant. Dippel says if the studies yield positive results, the F-D-A could approve a new drug to be marketed within five years. Davenport is among 32 sites in the U.S. participating in the research.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Health / Medicine

Featured Stories

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

Paintings by Clinton woman gain a following in Europe

Iowa deadline for individual income taxpayers moved to June 1

Dialing rules changing for two area codes in Iowa

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

New title sponsor for Des Moines Marathon

Iowa State adds Minnesota transfer

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

Iowa’s Garza sweeps national awards

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC