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Nature 410, 640-641 (5 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35070687
Cardiovascular biology: Hearts and bones
Mark Sussman
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Abstract
The idea of repairing damaged heart tissue with donated cells is an old one, but finding cells that can do the job has been frustrating. The solution may come from a select group of bone marrow cells.
Heart attacks kill cardiac cells. In the aftermath, the damaged area of the heart forms scar tissue, which impairs cardiac performance.
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