Bioheart Partners (BHRT) With Life Technologies (LIFE) to Offer Myoblast Cell Products to the Research Market

December 18, 2008 10:50 AM EST

Bioheart, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHRT) and Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) have entered into a global distribution and OEM agreement to sell myoblast cell-based research products to life science researchers. Life Technologies will offer Bioheart's myoblast stem cell products to the research community so that they may accelerate the development of myoblast stem cell applications.

Myoblasts, or muscle derived stem cells, have been utilized in more than 7,000 scientific papers and abstracts in a variety of indications from heart failure to muscular dystrophy. In particular, when injected into scar tissue within the heart wall, myoblasts have been shown to be capable of engrafting in the damaged tissue and differentiating into mature skeletal muscle cells. Myoblasts are the only cell which has demonstrated an ability to generate new muscle tissue within the scarred regions of a heart.

Bioheart is committed to delivering intelligent devices and biologics that help monitor, diagnose and treat heart failure and cardiovascular diseases.


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