Center for Cardiovascular Research

Mohamed Gaballa, Ph.D.

Finding a cure for heart failure is a priority for Mohamed Gaballa, Ph.D.

His lab focuses on the potential of gene and adult stem cell therapy in ischemia and the mechanisms of remodeling in heart failure.

Gaballa and his team are currently working with adult stem cells derived from cardiac muscle as a potential remedy for cardiac repair after heart attack. Adult stem cells are used in our laboratory in conjunction with a collagen scaffold that is placed on the damaged myocardium after a heart attack. This allows us to experiment with different cardiac tissue engineering techniques.

Other research involves adult stem cells being delivered directly into the damaged myocardium by intracoronary injection.

Gaballa hopes his cutting edge research will lead to a permanent cure for heart failure caused by myocardial infarction.