From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 23:24:46 MDT
On the same day Bush came out against human cloning, here's some good news:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/10/1018333373750.html
> Adult stem cells in world-first heart
> repair trial
>
> By David Wroe
> Health Reporter
> April 11 2002
>
> Australian researchers yesterday announced a world-first trial in
> which adult stem cells were being used to repair a man's damaged
> heart tissue.
>
> Researchers at John Hunter Hospital in New South Wales took stem
> cells from bone marrow in the man's hip and injected them into his
> heart in the hope they would grow into new blood vessels.
>
> The procedure has the potential to treat almost a third of patients
> with end-stage coronary artery disease, but the researchers will
have
> to wait at least 12 months to find out whether the trial has been
> successful.
Damien Broderick
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