Newborn Heart Stem Cells May ‘Reverse Aging’ of Older Hearts, Study Says

August 17, 2017

(UPI) – Stem cells from young hearts might breathe new life into aging ones, research in rats suggests. In the study, a special type of stem cells was taken from the hearts of newborn rats and injected into the hearts of old rats, average age 22 months. Other rats from the same age group were given saline shots instead.