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Published online 5 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040301-13
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Heart therapy raises hopes and concerns
Experimental treatment with blood stem cells causes complications.
A patient's own stem cells can patch up some of the damage wreaked by a heart attack, shows a new study. But it also causes side effects in an unexpectedly high proportion of patients.
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