Stem cell therapy for angina patients

About 250,000 people in Britain suffer from angina, a chronic condition usually caused by heart disease. While many have surgery or take medication, for a significant number this only has a limited effect and they continue to suffer frequent bouts of pain. However, now a US study has found that a novel stem cell technique could markedly improve their quality of life. The method involves patients being injected with a particular type of stem cell harvested from their own bone marrow, which help make blood vessels. A study of 167 patients found that those injected with doses of the CD34+ stem cells went on to report far fewer angina attacks than those given a placebo - The Telegraph