Source: Daily Telegraph
Posted: November 28, 2006
Summary:
British scientists discovered that a specific protein is required for blood vessel and heart tissue development. By fully reactiviating this protein to guide progenitor cells from the rind of the heart to form new blood vessels within, it could be possible to restore blood flow to muscle that has been starved of oxygen. The protein could also help to solve a mystery about how experimental stem cell treatments work. Animal tests show that stem cells – bone marrow cells with the potential to turn into many types – can be infused into a heart after an attack and repair and regenerate damaged heart muscle, improving heart function and circulation.
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