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Published online 27 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040426-3

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Bone marrow stem cells help mend broken hearts

Human trials yield promising results

Stem cell therapy might help repair ailing hearts, a clinical trial suggests.

Researchers harvested stem cells from patients with cardiac failure, and then transplanted the cells into their damaged hearts.

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