Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial

Study finds patients injected with iPSC-derived heart muscle cells outperform control group on cardiac function tests after bypass surgery

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (affiliated with Nanjing University) reported long-term follow-up results from a phase 2 clinical study published in Nature Medicine. Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived heart muscle cells injected into patients with severe heart failure (during or after bypass surgery).

Key result: 9 out of 10 patients (90%) who received the stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes showed significantly better cardiac function at the 12-month follow-up compared with the control group.
The approach aims to help damaged or ageing hearts grow new muscle tissue, since dead heart muscle does not naturally regenerate.

...

ITALY LAUNCHES PROBE AGAINST ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER
-Israel Katz is being investigated over the alleged abuse of activists from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has said
-Italy has expended its probe into the alleged torture and sexual abuse of activists from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla by Israel’s security forces to include Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and twelve other high-ranking military, police and prison officials, the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has said.
SEE: Italy launches probe against Israeli defense minister — RT World News