Stem cells could fix broken hearts
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
WHEN a piece of muscle in a person's heart dies from lack of blood flow, it scars over and is lost.
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Stem Cells Regrow Healthy Heart Muscle In Heart Attack Patients
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Stem cells are proving themselves beneficial once again after scientists used the controversial building blocks to resurrect dead, scarred heart muscle damaged by recent heart attack. Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy heart muscle. Reporting in ...
Stem cells heal heart attack scars, regrow healthy muscle
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
17 heart attack patients treated with stem cells saw almost 50 percent reduction in scars
Stem Cells May Help Regenerate Heart Muscle
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
A promising stem cell therapy approach could soon provide a way to regenerate heart muscle damaged by heart attacks that was once thought to be irreparable.
Scarred Hearts Healed After Heart Attack
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Heart-attack scars -- once thought permanent -- heal after treatment with a patient's own heart stem cells.