New breakthrough in restoring paralyzed heart muscle after heart attack

According to a VNA reporter in Sydney, Australian and American cardiovascular experts have just announced in the journal Nature that they have discovered a method to restore heart muscle that has been paralyzed after a heart attack.

This success opens up the prospect of effective treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure.

For the first time in the world, scientists have discovered how to use embryonic stem cells to treat heart disease in mammals.

Dr James Chong of the University of Sydney, who led the research, said the tissue grew in sync with the host heart, receiving blood and nutrients in the same way as the original tissue. This allowed the tissue to live longer.

The research has been successfully tested in rodents and then monkeys and is expected to be tested in humans in a few years.

Experts say this research is important because, like the brain, the heart cannot regenerate itself.

Currently, the options for heart failure patients are often transplants or medications to slow the progression of heart failure.

According to Australian government statistics, heart disease takes the lives of more than 20,000 people in this country each year./.

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