British scientists have succeeded in transforming a rate similar to stem cells in adult mouse hearts to function as heart muscle; in an investigation that proves that the body carries latent repairing cells can be reactivated.
Although the study has yet to move to humans and is in very early stages, the results suggest that in the future could develop a drug to make hearts damaged by heart attack alone is repaired.
“I can imagine a patient known to be at risk of heart attack by taking a tablet that you prepare your heart that if you suffer heart attack damage can be repaired,” said Paul Riley, University College London, who led the study.
Major advances in medical science carried out in recent years helped to reduce the number of people who die from heart attacks, although the harm caused by a heart attack, when heart cells die in the absence of oxygen is now permanent.
If enough tissue is dead, patients may develop heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart can not pump enough blood to the body.
Scientists around the world are exploring various ways to regenerate heart tissue, but for now people with severe regurgitation should use mechanical devices or waiting for a transplant.
Riley’s team, whose study was published in the journal Nature, said a specific type of cells found in the deck surface of the heart, called the pericardium.
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British scientists have succeeded in transforming a rate similar to stem cells in adult mouse hearts to function as heart muscle; in an investigation that proves that the body carries latent repairing cells can be reactivated.