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Teen 1st in World to Get Experimental Stem Cell Heart Treatment.

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| March 05, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2009 PR Newswire Association LLC. 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

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- ROYAL OAK, Mich., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., are first in the world to use stem cells from a patient's own blood to try to repair damage caused by a heart attack. The patient, 16-year-old Dimitri Bonnville, had a massive heart attack in mid-February after being shot in the heart with a nail gun. The Almont, Mich., native is recuperating at home. Doctors hope these stem cells will regenerate damaged heart tissue and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels.

"This treatment was Dimitri's only option, aside from a heart transplant," says William O'Neill, M.D., Beaumont's chief of cardiology.…

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