Cardiac team in stem-cell tests
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Pioneering research is to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damaged by a heart attack.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Infusing patients with  bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow  tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may  one day make many heart transplants unnecessary, Brazilian  researchers said on Friday.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 21 : Johns Hopkins University researchers have found the first evidence that genetically engineered heart cells derived from human embryonic stem (ES) cells might one day turn out to be a promising biological alternative to
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Scientists studying mice said they have found what may be a master cardiac stem cell -- able to change into the three major cell types in a mammal's heart -- in a finding that could help guide heart repair in people.
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FDA advisory panel gives the nod to its heart drug.
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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Leaders of national embryonic stem cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledged Monday to work together to promote research, create international standards and more efficiently distribute each ...Comment
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Austrian researchers have successfully treated incontinence in women using the patients&#39; own muscle-derived stem cells. The women were suffering stress incontinence, a condition that affects almost
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A centre in Edinburgh is to develop human stem cell lines to help find treatments for diseases like diabetes.
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Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage.
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Scientists identify rare stem cells in newborns' hearts, which could be used to treat those with cardiac problems.
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A genetic blood test allowing a much closer match between donors and recipients is under development.
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Cardiac problems like an abnormal heartbeat are exacerbated by rigorous exercise in a way that can be fatal in athletes, and regular testing for the problem could save lives, doctors at a heart conference said Sunday.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.
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Bone marrow-derived side population stem cells appear to have limited potential for regenerating injured cardiac and skeletal muscle, says a University of Chicago study in the Dec.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.