Stem cells from fat transplanted into heart

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This is surprising news. Will it work?
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Spanish cardiologist Francisco Fernandez-Aviles and his American colleague Emerson Perin extracted the stem cells.
“In just five hours approximately** the cells were extracted, purified, selected and implanted with the aim of regenerating new blood vessels** which may allow them to flow blood properly to the heart of the patient”, the hospital said.
Cells extracted from fat do not need to be cultivated for three weeks, like other types of stem cells, so in just two hours 28 million cells were ready for implanting.
Plastic surgeons extracted the fat tissue from the patient’s abdomen and implanted the cells using a catheter
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