via smartplanet.com
An injection of 25 million stem cells back into the heart of the heart attack victim resulted in dissolved scar tissue and new, living heart muscle.
1. Within 5 weeks of the attack, a tube was inserted into a vein in the neck and pushed down towards the heart.
2. A small sample of heart tissue (the size of a raisin) was taken by threading a thin needle through the veins.
3. Stem cells were isolated from this sample in a lab and then cultivated.
4. About 12 million to 25 million of these new stem cells were put back into the arteries surrounding the heart.
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