Human blood vessels grown in mice


	Human blood vessels grown in mice

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7-19-2008 12:01 PM

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It could eventually help patients who had suffered heart attacks, they said.
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A mixture of "progenitor" cells, taken from blood and bone marrow, made cells lining the vessels, and also those surrounding the lining.
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A UK expert said that the Harvard research was "promising", and could eventually help lab-grown organs to be implanted successfully.
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The ability to develop swiftly a new network of tiny blood vessels - known as capillaries - would be a prize for scientists.
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There are dozens of potential applications in medicine, particularly in the treatment of conditions which involve damage to a tissue's blood supply, such as that to the heart muscle following a heart attack.
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However, the complex structure of these vessels has slowed progress.
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