Stem cells boost heart's natural repair mechanisms
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers, whose clinical trial results in 2012 demonstrated that stem cell therapy reduces scarring and regenerates healthy tissue after a heart attack, now have found that the stem cell technique boosts production of existing adult heart cells (cardiomyocytes) and spurs recruitment of existing stem cells that mature into heart cells.