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Transforming Congenital Heart Defects One Heart at a Time with HeartWorks
In this episode of Stories from the River, host Charlie Malouf continues his conversation with Dr. Timothy Nelson, Founder and CEO of HeartWorks. They discuss how HeartWorks is focused on using innovative technology to address heart failure, particularly through the development and transplantation of autologous heart tissue. HeartWorks was the first organization in the world to obtain FDA approval to do an autologous heart transfer procedure. Dr. Nelson explains the complex, 9-month process of manufacturing cells from a patient's own body to create beating heart tissue, which can then be…
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