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Children's Hospital scientists achieve repair of injured heart muscle in lab tests of stem cells.

Article from: NewsRx Health Article date: December 14, 2008

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have been able to effectively repair damaged heart muscle in an animal model using a novel population of stem cells they discovered that is derived from human skeletal muscle tissue.

The research team u led by Johnny Huard, PhD u transplanted stem cells purified from human muscle-derived blood vessels into the hearts of mice that had heart damage similar to that which would occur in people who had suffered a heart attack.

These transplanted myoendothelial cells ...

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