MIDDLETON, Wis. — A Middleton man has been selected to be part of a national clinical trial that could revolutionize cardiac care.The trial will use adult stem cells provided by the patients themselves, reported WISC-TV.
If successful, the use of stem cells could help hundreds of thousands of Americans who live each day with a serious heart condition, the narrowing of coronary arteries.The UW is among the first medical centers in the country taking part in the trial.Steve Myrah, 68, of Middleton, suffers from chronic serious heart pain.