Helping the heart help itself: Research points to new use for stem cells

Friday, April 8, 2011 - 08:01 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human trials of stem cell therapy for post-heart attack patients have raised as many questions as they have answered -- because while the patients have tended to show some improvement in heart function, the stem cells do not appear to turn into heart cells or even survive.

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