Source: NewScientist.com news service
Posted: 22:00 09 October 2006
Summary:
Researchers have successfully used drugs to boost new heart tissue and blood vessel growth, potentially reversing the damaging effects of heart attack damage. Treating the hearts of rats that had experienced simulated heart attacks, the researchers found the repaired hearts beat as well as undamaged hearts even after several months.
Commentary: This finding might prove to be a signficant advance in the field of regenerative medicine to treat heart disease if these results can be successfully replicated and have successful tong-term outcomes in humans.
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