24.08.2011,23:42, Today medics are doing their utmost to help the human heart repair itself. That is why the works to reprogram heart cells are currently underway in the USA. And as regards Russia, medics in this country help the heart repair itself, using stem cells for this purpose.If you catch a lizard by the tail, it will lose it, and no problem will emerge because the lost appendage will grow out again. Scientists have shown a great deal of interest in the lizards, which are capable of self-regeneration, and have found out that human beings also have such a capability – in the first week of their life. So specialists from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine have decided to make an attempt to return this capability to adults, which will make it possible to replace damaged heart tissue with a new one. Tags: Russia, medicine, Health, heart, stem cells, World, Commentary, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
