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ADULT STEM CELLS REJUVENATE DAMAGED HEART TISSUE
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LONDON, January 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two new studies are showing the promise of adult bone marrow stem cells, this time in treating heart attack patients by rejuvenating cell growth in damaged heart tissue.
Two teams of doctors from Germany and Hong Kong reported promising results after transplanting stem cells extracted from bone marrow into heart muscle. Prof. Gustav Steinhoff, leading a research group at the University of Rostock, injected the cells into six patients' hearts, and five showed exceptional improvement in blood flow. A second group under Dr. Hung-Fat Tse at the University of Hong Kong treated eight heart patients and also found improved in blood flow.
The two articles are entitled "Autologous bone-marrow stem-cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration" and "Angiogenesis in ischaemic myocardium by intramyocardial autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell implantation."
Both studies can be read in full on The Lancet website by scrolling down to "Research letters" at http://www.thelancet.com/journal. Registration is required but free.
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