Stem Cells Aid Recovery of Myocardial Infarction (Mi)

via Kansas City Infozine

A study in the Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology shows that administration of adult bone marrow stem cells (BMC) and mesenchymal stems cells (MSC) can aid in the recovery of of myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as heart attacks- and increase survival rates.

The study, called the "Systemic Delivery of Adult Stem cells Improves Cardiac Function in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats", is designed to evaluate the impact of systemic delivery of BMC and MSC on spontaneously hypertensive rats induced with MI.

The treatment with stem cells resulted in statistically different mortality rates - 0% for rats treated with BSC, 17% for rats treated with MSC and 45% for non-treated rats. Rats that were treated also showed significant recovery of heart function and capacity.