Israeli Cardiac Muscle Patch Succeeds in Animals
Scientists in Israel have successfully grown heart muscle in the abdomen and then used it to patch and repair the hearts of rats after they had suffered heart attack.
This is the first study to show it is possible to improve the health of a heart after it has been damaged through heart attack.
The experiment was conducted by Dr. Tal Dvir, of the Department of Biotechnology Engineering at Ben-Gurion University.
(Medical News Today)
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