Aged, damaged hearts yield stem cells that could treat heart failure, research suggests

Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Ample and viable cardiac stem cells can be isolated from elderly and sick patients with heart disease and diabetes, new research suggests. It may be possible to treat heart failure patients with their own stem cells. An unrelated study notes that an aging heart can generate new cells at a substantial rate.

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