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Article: Stem Cell Regeneration Repairs Congenital Heart Defect.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- September 28, 2008
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Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that stem cells can be used to regenerate heart tissue to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. Publication of the discovery was expedited by the editors of Stem Cells and appeared online in the "express" section of the journal's Web site at http://stemcells.alphamedpress.org/ (see also Stem Cell Research).
The study expands on the use of embryonic stem cells to regenerate tissue and repair damage after heart attacks and demonstrates that stem cells also can repair the inherited causes of heart failure.
"We've shown in this transgenic animal model that embryonic stem cells may offer an option in ...