Team Finds Stem Cells in Heart Tissue
Posted on: Friday, 9 September 2005, 07:23 CDT
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese researchers have discovered stem cells in human heart tissue, a development that could lead to improved treatments for heart disease and reduce the need for transplants, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.
The breakthrough came by a team of scientists at Kyoto University led by Hiroaki Matsubara, who will present the findings at the annual meeting of the Japanese College of Cardiology in Osaka on Sept. 19, the Yomiuri newspaper said.
The researchers gathered heart tissue from 50 patients suffering heart disease and were able to culture stem cells from the samples that developed into different types of cells, including heart muscle cells, blood cells and neurons, the report said. Injections of the cells into a mouse that had suffered an embolism helped the animal regenerate damaged heart muscle and blood vessels.
Similar tests are planned on dogs and pigs before conducting clinical tests on humans as early as next spring, the Yomiuri said.
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