Bangkok, 16 sep (EFE).-scientific singapureses have improved the creation of cells of the heart from adult cells of the skin by a method which dispenses with viruses, which eliminates the risk of infections, he said today the press local.
El Centre national of the heart of Singapore, which began trials last August, said that this new technique help regeneration tissue heart, which will delay the need of a transplant due to cardiovascular.
Cells, it takes about two months to produce, allow the repair of tissue from the muscle of the heart and eliminates the risks of infection after the operation.
In Singapore there are about 5,000 cases of heart failure and transplantation is viable only in some cases.
“Is nowadays difficult receive a heart transplant, so with this therapy we can restore the health of the patient or keep it until you receive the donation,” said Professor Philip Wong, research director of the Centre.
At the beginning of year, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, in United States, published a research on the conversion of skin cells into cells of the heart.
With this therapy, scientists do not have to use stem cells, whose reproductive capacity is limited, and which also cause moral objections in some sectors of the medical world and society. EFE
