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Hemostemix Announces the Appointment of Dr. Renzo Cecere, MD, FRCSC to Its Scientific Advisory Board
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - September 14, 2022) - Hemostemix Inc. (TSXV: HEM) (OTCQB: ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Hemostemix Announces the Appointment of Dr. Renzo Cecere, MD, FRCSC to Its Scientific Advisory BoardCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - September 14, 2022) - Hemostemix Inc. (TSXV: HEM) (OTCQB: HMTXF) (\"Hemostemix\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Renzo Cecere, MD, FRCSC, to its Scientific Advisory Board.Dr. Cecere is the McGill University Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Program, and Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program. He is also Associate Member of the McGill University Department of Mechanical Engineering, and a Director and Principal Investigator of the Research Institute of the MUHC Myocardial Regeneration Laboratory.For over a decade, Dr. Cecere's lab has been investigating novel methods to strengthen the stem-cell induced regeneration of infarcted heart tissue. Dr. Cecere has utilized placenta-derived stem cells and investigated their regenerative potential in different animal models of myocardial infarction (\"MI\"). More recently, Dr. Cecere's lab is actively involved in a project to create a platform to generate patient-specific cardiomyocytes from the blood of patients with heart failure. In Dr. Cecere's recent project (under review, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine), the team encapsulated placenta derived stem cells in a hydrogel scaffold and implanted it in a rat MI model. The stem cell/scaffold composite enhanced several parameters of cardiac function, including ejection fraction and fractional shortening, while also reducing fibrosis and increasing angiogenesis. In fact, Dr. Cecere's lab recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis that demonstrated that stem cells combined with bioactive scaffolds provide enhanced tissue regeneration in animal models of MI, compared to stem cells injected alone. This study paves the way for future research and clinical trials, supporting the use of ACP-01-based bioactive scaffolds to improve the stem cell-induced repair after a MI. \"I have worked in the field of heart-based stem cell science for more than a decade, and I find ACP-01's unique properties, safety profile and statistically significant preliminary intramyocardial efficacy results to be very promising\" said Dr. Cecere. I look forward to collaborating with management to cr...