Scientists prove human heart can regenerate cells
Date: 6.4.2009
Scientists said on Thursday they had shown the human body **regenerates** heart cells at a rate of about one percent a year, a discovery that could one day reduce the need for **transplants**.
The study of 50 volunteers, using a dating method that detects traces of a carbon isotope left by Cold War nuclear bomb tests, raises the prospect of artificially stimulating the renewal process some day, they reported in the journal Science.
"Reuters":[ http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTRE53166P20090402]
