Cell Therapy

Study: Bone marrow may aid damaged hearts

Published in Health and Medicine Week, December 1st, 2003

Doctors can boost the heart's pumping power after a heart attack by injecting bone marrow scavenged from the victim's own hip, the most rigorous test yet of the technique.

The idea, called cell therapy, is intended to strengthen the heart by reseeding it with cells taken from elsewhere in the patient's body. Just how it works is a mystery, but in theory the new cells transform themselves into muscle or blood vessels or encourage the heart to repair itself.

Several small studies in recent years have yielded promising results, suggesting that patients seem to do better after the treatments. But the latest experiment is the first to put this to a...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2003-12-01)

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