Aussies develop vital heart treatment
August 5, 2007 - 12:29AM
heart specialists have developed a revolutionary treatment they hope
could save the lives of millions of cardio-vascular disease sufferers
worldwide.
The treatment, developed by the Victor Chang Research Institute in
Sydney, uses adult stem cells from patients to generate new blood
vessels and repair dead heart tissue, News Ltd newspapers report.
In the first stage of the study, patients from St Vincent's Hospital
were injected with a hormone, granulocyte colony stimulating factor
(GCSF), which releases stem cells from bone marrow into the blood
stream.
The hormones are then fast-tracked to the heart with cardio-vascular
exercise.
The GCSF hormones have passed safety tests and the second stage of
human trials began last week.
More than 3.5 million Australians suffer from heart disease, with
50,000 dying every year, accounting for 35 per cent of all deaths.
Sydney retiree Raymond Schofield, 64, says the treatment saved his
life.
After suffering a heart attack in 2003 a cardiologist told Mr
Schofield he had only weeks left to live.
"He said to me: 'You'd better put your affairs in order because
you're not here for long,'" Mr Schofield told AAP.
However, one of his doctors put him in touch with the institute and
he was given the chance to take part in the study.
Mr Schofield said the treatment had significantly improved his day to
day living.
The only thing it hadn't done was improve his golf swing, he joked.
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