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- 1Japanese hospital performs world's first heart stem cell sheet surgery▼A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem c
A hospital in Japan has performed the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells, according to one of the surgeons involved. The groundbreaking therapy was approved earlier this year, and this operation marks the first time the ready-made cell sheets have been used in a patient. The procedure is being seen as a significant step for regenerative medicine in treating heart disease.
- 2Newly Discovered Cell Shapes Heart Blood Vessel Growth●Newly Discovered Cell Helps Shape Blood Vessel Growth in the Heart
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine report the discovery of a new cell type that helps shape how blood vessels grow in the heart. The finding, announced by the university's newsroom, could deepen understanding of cardiac vascular development and may point toward new approaches for treating heart disease and impaired vessel formation.