Source: Medical News Today
Posted: 08 Nov 2006 - 10:00am (PST)
Summary:
British scientists are conducting a trial to determine whether a heart attack patient's own bone marrow stem cells can be injected back into him/her to repair the damaged heart muscle. The stem cells would be injected into the patient within five hours of the heart attack. Researchers believe the experiment will avoid ethical controversy commonly associated with embryonic stem cell research and the chances of immune rejection will be minimized since the patient's own cells will be used in the trial.
Commentary: Successful results from this trial could lead to further human trials of this procedure and possibly an eventual stem cell treatment for heart attack.
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