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New Stem Cell Trial for Heart Attack Patients
LONDON – British doctors said on Wednesday they plan to inject stem cells into heart attack patients in an experimental treatment aimed at preventing heart failure and deaths.
About 100 patients will receive stem cells from their own bone marrow - or a placebo - within five hours of a heart attack in the study, expected to begin early next year.
“We are hoping that the patients will have an increased quality of life six months after the procedure,” said Professor John Martin, of University College London who will conduct the trial.
Stem cells are master cells that can turn into any cell or tissue type. Scientists believe they could act as a type of repair system and offer new treatments for illnesses ranging from heart disease and diabetes to Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.
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LONDON – British doctors said on Wednesday they plan to inject stem cells into heart attack patients in an experimental treatment aimed at preventing heart failure and deaths.
About 100 patients will receive stem cells from their own bone marrow - or a placebo - within five hours of a heart attack in the study, expected to begin early next year.
“We are hoping that the patients will have an increased quality of life six months after the procedure,” said Professor John Martin, of University College London who will conduct the trial.
Stem cells are master cells that can turn into any cell or tissue type. Scientists believe they could act as a type of repair system and offer new treatments for illnesses ranging from heart disease and diabetes to Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.
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