Originally published August 2 2005
Stem cells may help treat heart attacks
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
New research has stated that stem cells can help people heal better after suffering from a heart attack.
Researchers said in just two months, stem cells harvested from another pig's bone marrow and injected into the animal's damaged heart restored heart function and repaired damaged heart muscle by 50 percent to 75 percent.
Two patients have already been enrolled at Hopkins in a Phase I clinical trial designed to test the safety of injecting adult stem cells at varying doses into patients who have recently suffered heart attacks.
In total, 48 patients will participate in the study at several sites across the country.
Results are not expected until the middle of next year.
The Hopkins findings appear in this week's online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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