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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Injecting stem cells could fight chronic heart disease: Montreal study
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A revolutionary treatment whereby stems cells are injected into the heart
during surgery could have enormous benefits for Canadians suffering from
chronic heart disease, according to researchers. In a study unique to North
America, researchers in Montreal are using stem cells removed from a
patient's bone marrow as a way to treat ischemic heart disease, which is
characterized by a decrease in bloody supply to the heart and heart failure.
The study is a collaboration by researchers at the Research Centre of the
University of Montreal Hospital Centre and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Hospital. The procedure was performed on the first patient only a few weeks
ago, said cardiac surgeon and the lead investigator for the study, Dr.
Nicolas Noiseux, but the patient's heart is already pumping blood better
than it was before the surgery. Canwest

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