Finally ... the solution to treat heart failure
Finally ... the solution to treat heart failure
British scientific experiments succeeded in using an innovative method to inject stem cells into the heart muscle.
After previous attempts to regenerate heart cells using stem cells faltered due to their inability to adapt to their new environment, a team of researchers from University College London managed to come up with a method by which stem cells can be kept alive for a longer period in the heart by first transplanting them into miniature spheres. According to the British "Daily Mail".
The researchers reported that the size of the microscopic balls means they can be injected into the heart muscle, a method that has been successfully tested in mice and holds promise for a treatment for heart failure, in which the heart is unable to pump blood properly throughout the body.
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Scientists also hope to test the treatment on humans within a decade, as Dr. Daniel Stoke of University College London considered that the new technology is a new way to ensure that cells injected into the heart are working as they should.
Professor Metin Avkiran, from the British Heart Foundation, said the new study is a promising delivery system that could give heart cells derived from stem cells the best chance of treating diseased hearts.
Stem cells can also turn into all other types of cells and be used in bone marrow transplants and other treatments.
Better treatment for heart patients
Dr Annalisa Pitney, from University College London, said that in addition to developing cardiac injections, the development of these microspheres is to trace stem cells so that they can be simply injected into a specific area of the heart that suffers damage.
It is noteworthy that cases of heart failure are a disease that millions of people suffer from around the world without definitive treatments that end the tragedy.
In the future, the new approach is expected to ensure that cardiologists are equipped with a number of solutions to provide the best treatment for their patients.
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