Friday, August 30, 2013

Collagen Patch Developed by Stanford Researchers Speeds Repair of Damaged Heart Tissue in Mice

Research has indicated that when heart cells die from lack of blood flow during a heart attack, replacing those dead cells is vital to the heart muscle's recovery. But muscle tissue in the adult human heart has a limited capacity to heal, which has spurred researchers to try to give the healing process a boost. Various methods of transplanting healthy cells into a damaged heart have been tried, but have yet to yield consistent success in promoting healing. Now, ...

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