Source: Daily Telegraph - UK
Date: May 8, 2007
Summary:
The Daily Telegraph reports on new research which has revealed the capabilities of embryonic stem cells to turn into blood vessels, called hemangioblasts, to potentially treat cardiac conditions and circulatory disorders:
"One day soon it should be possible to inject cells that can grow into new blood vessels to nourish an ailing heart, or help restore circulation in a leg that would otherwise have to be amputated. These are some of the possibilities raised by the discovery and isolation of a special class of stem cells from human embryos, called hemangioblast cells, which can repair blood vessels, according to tests on animals published today."
