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Stem cells may bolster weak hearts, study finds.

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| November 10, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Robyn Suriano

ORLANDO, Fla. _ The condition of people with severely weakened hearts improved after doctors injected them with stem cells taken from the patient's bone marrow, a researcher said Monday.

Some of the patients were taken off heart-transplant lists.

In a study of 20 patients, the 11 people who received the stem-cell injections did considerably better than the nine who did not, said Dr. Emerson Perin, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine, which oversaw the research.

More-extensive studies are needed, but Perin said stem cells could hold the future for treatment of the more than…

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