A new population of adult stem cells
unearthed in the heart could potentially open the way to regeneration of heart
muscles in cardiac attack victims.
Richard Harvey,
Professor who is also the head of Development and Stem Cell Biology Division at
the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI), and Peter Finley, who is a
Professor of University of New South Wales, say the findings, based on mouse
model, are hugely exciting.
“The fact is that these new
group of cells are multi-potent and highly specific to the heart gives us great
hope that when we be able to translate these cells into the human setting, they
will work well at regenerating and repairing a broken heart,” according to
Harvey, The Journal Cell Stem Cell Reports.
The findings come
following recent reports in Scientific Literature and News Media that stem
cells harvested from human hearts during surgery show promise for reversing the
Heart Attack Damage. Heart disease is one of the largest killers worldwide. So,
Scientist are seeing this invention as a ray of hope.
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