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General Overview of the Sixth International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations

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Being one of the main stem cell therapy meetings of the year, the Sixth International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations was held on April 23rd–24th, 2009, at the Auditorium of the High Council of Scientific Research of Spain (CSIC) in Madrid. Gathering the most prestigious basic researchers and clinical experts in the field of cardiovascular regenerative medicine, the aim of the meeting was to discuss the available evidence and the recent contributions from preclinical investigators, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons in a participative translational fashion. The role of young “clinician scientists” was reinforced with a special poster session and three awards. The main conclusions of the symposium were (1) that standardization, larger clinical trials, and true translational research are needed, and (2) that new—allogeneic—stem cell products, biotechnological devices, and cell-based bioartificial organs are potentially exciting options for the future.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the ISCIII-RETIC RD06/ 0014 RECAVA. We thank the Spanish Cooperative Cardiovascular Disease Research Network (RECAVA, Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares) and the Spanish Cell Therapy Research Network (TERCEL, Red Temática de Terapia Celular from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII) for their sponsorship. We also appreciate the efforts of the members of the Task Force of the European Society and the members of the local executive committee of the Symposium. We would like to thank Ana Fernández-Baza for her technical direction and invaluable help in organizing the Symposium.

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    Mª Eugenia Vázquez-Álvarez, Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Enrique Gutiérrez, Adolfo Villa, Mª Eugenia Fernández, Sandra Vázquez, Mª José Lorenzo, Lucía Fernández, Isaac Pascual, Pedro L. Sánchez & Francisco Fernández-Avilés

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Vázquez-Álvarez, M.E., Sanz-Ruiz, R., Gutiérrez, E. et al. General Overview of the Sixth International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 3, 1–7 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-009-9156-z

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