Human cells heal heart disease in mice

Recent experiments by US scientists have shown that human stem cells can heal heart muscle damage, improve heart function and slow heart failure in mice.

Dr. Charles Murry and colleagues at the Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle have prepared a nutritional mixture for human stem cells that can grow in it and implant. transplant this cell into a mouse with heart disease. The results showed that 100% of these rats were healed.

Next, scientists will experiment on larger animals like sheep and pigs - animals that have a slower heart rate than mice and are closer to humans. Mouse heart beat 450 times / minute while human heart rate is usually about 70 times / minute. Researchers are very confident in the prospect of future heart treatment for humans through this experiment.

Truc Lam