21. The cells would home in on damaged heart tissue, and repair it. 22. The company is seeking approval of its electric HeartMate, an implantable device that helps a damaged heart pump blood, while patients await a heart transplant. 23. The damaged heart tissues send out signals, called receptors, that attract the VEGF and FGF that our bodies normally produce. 24. The cells from bone marrow in adults could be used to regrow bone, replace cartilage or repair damaged hearts. 25. The injected cells were targeted to the healthy tissue surrounding the damaged heart area. 26. The same thing could happen with damaged hearts, she said. 27. This is occurring as advances in other areas of cardiology have enabled more patients to survive heart attacks but leave them with damaged hearts caused by the attack. 28. Two reports on stem cell therapy at the meeting suggested that adult stem cells might be used to repair damaged heart muscle. 29. Vice President Dick Cheney is heading back to the hospital Saturday morning for the latest in what are becoming recurring episodes involving his damaged heart. 30. Yeltsin, who pushed himself wildly on the campaign trail this spring, had all but collapsed because of his damaged heart by the time he won reelection. |