Fetal Cells Nix Rules, Fix Hearts

Scientists inject fetal cells into heart failure patients for the first time, leading to dramatic signs of recovery. But the Barbados clinic funding the research is raising some eyebrows. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Ten heart failure patients who received controversial fetal stem cell injections are all showing signs of rapid recovery three months after the treatment, surgeons who performed the first-time procedure said this weekend.

Frederico Benetti, one of the surgeons on the study and pioneer of so-called beating heart surgery presented the data on Saturday at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery annual meeting in New York. ...

Source: Wired News