Heart stem cell research

Doctors at Barts and The London Heart Centre are at the forefront of efforts to find new treatments for heart disease. They were among the first in the UK to offer emergency angioplasties routinely to heart attack patients in 2003, when they launched the pilot programme.

They are now working on pioneering stem cell therapy. To find out more click here.

Pioneering research at Barts Health NHS Trust has indicated that stem cells taken from a patients own heart could be used to repair damaged heart muscle. Read the BBC news article here to find out more.