A new way to repair damaged heart tissue

One day we can patch this ALTHOUGH the possibility is several years away, people may one day be helped to recover from heart attacks by having specially engineered patches that have been seeded with cardiac cells placed over the damaged tissue in their hearts. The idea is that these cell-impregnated patches will encourage the regeneration of heart muscle. Laboratory studies using animals suggest the advantages could be so great that it is worth the risk of the surgery needed to put such patches ...