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Name | Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts |
Description | Review article:- Neeru Bhaskar*1 ,Harnam Kaur2, Sheikh Ishaq3, Qazi Najeeb4,Kusum Singla5, & Ruhi Mahajan6 Affiliation:- Associate Professor1,2, Postgraduate student3,4,5,6, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana-133207, India.
Abstract: Despite advances in clinical management an estimated 7.25 million (12.8%) people die of ischaemic heart disease worldwide each year. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) irreversibly damages the cardiomyocytes. This loss triggers a cascade of detrimental events, including formation of scar tissue, an overload of blood flow and pressure capacity, the overstretching of viable cardiac cells, leading to heart failure and eventual death. Restoring damaged heart muscle tissue, through repair or regeneration, is a potentially new strategy to treat heart failure and various other CVD. Stem cells are promising new therapeutics for patients with different heart diseases, they may be obtained from diverse locations, aside from the bone marrow, which is traditionally considered a source for stem cells, we may find stem cells in the periphery. For example, we can extract stem cells from fat tissue. There's a lot of ongoing investigation on where to get these cells, how to use them, and exactly which cells works best. Researchers have successfully injected human adult stem cell (ASC) into damaged areas of mouse heart. These stem cells can develop into cardiac muscle cells and improve heart function. Might it be possible in the future for a physician to order a few grams of cardiac muscle cells from a regenerative medicine lab, to transplant into a heart attack patient in much the same way that surgeons routinely order blood from a blood bank for a transfusion during surgical procedure.
Key Words:- Ischaemia, Myocardial Infarction, Stem cells.
1.Pandey S, Pandey S, Jhanwar P, Jhanwar A. A prospective study of Myocardial Infarction patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital of south-eastern Rajasthan. Int J Biol Med Res 2012; 3(2):1694-6.
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