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Stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle

06-21-2007 · EurekAlert!

In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.

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