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Mobilizing bone marrow stem cells doesn't repair heart, study finds.

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| February 28, 2006 | McCullough, Marie | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 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: Marie McCullough

PHILADELPHIA _ Giving heart attack patients a drug that causes bone marrow stem cells to rush into the bloodstream does not help their hearts recover, a new study shows.

The German study, published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, is part of an explosion in research into the use of stem cells _ particularly noncontroversial adult stem cells _ for cardiac repair.

Previously, a few small, inconclusive studies suggested that simply mobilizing bone marrow stem cells after a heart attack could be beneficial, presumably because the cells received signals to home in on the injured organ and help heal it.…

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