Researchers at Imperial College London revealed that stem cell heart surgery can help repair damaged hearts using progenitor cells derived from patients’ own cardiac muscle.

They have discovered a way to extract grow in the laboratory and then graft on a patient’s own muscle-building ells which then can be used to patch up the heart and increase its pumping power. Moreover it can increase the quality of life for people who suffer a heart attack.

“This could transform the care for patients who have had heart attacks or have heart disease,” the Telegraph quoted Nicholas Boon president of the British Cardiovascular Society as saying.

“Because the cell therapy uses a patient’s own cells it negates the risks or complications associated with other treatment options such as rejection linked to transplantation,” he said.

Source: TOI