Friday, November 11, 2005

A4M - Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks

A4M - Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks:
"Left ventricular function and exercise capacity increased, while the area of heart muscle damage shrank, in 18 patients given infusions of their own bone marrow stem cells up to eight years after a heart attack, according to a new study in the Nov. 1, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology."