G. Russell Reiss, a cardiothorasic surgeon at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, has federal approval to try injecting bone marrow stem cells into the hearts of patients with coronary artery disease.
Preliminary studies have shown the cells can improve heart function after heart attacks, he said. While doctors once believed stem cells turned into heart cells, replacing damaged ones, it now appears that they play more of a support role, excreting chemicals near the injury and assisting in repair.
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