Heart institute makes advancement in rejuvenating cardiac tissue

SAN DIEGO - Researchers from San Diego State University’s Heart Institute have rejuvenated damaged cardiac tissue removed from older heart-failure patients, using modified stem cells, the university has announced.

University officials said the research could eventually lead to new treatments for heart-failure patients.

“Since patients with heart failure are normally elderly, their cardiac stem cells aren’t very healthy,” said Sadia Mohsin, a post-doctoral research scholar and one of the study’s authors. “We modified these biopsied stem cells and made them healthier. It’s like turning back the...