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Arm Cells Used in Attempt to Heal Heart: LA TimesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the first attempt to rejuvenate a human heart through the use of arm muscle cells, UCLA researchers said on Tuesday they implanted the cells into a 62-year-old heart attack victim, the Los Angeles Times reported in Wednesday's editions. The technique has worked in animals and in safety trials in three human patients, the newspaper said. ``Cardiologists will not know for several months whether the experiment has succeeded. If the approach works, it could eventually be used on most of the 40,000 Americans each year who suffer from severe heart failure,'' the Times reported. ``Most such patients are now on waiting lists for heart transplants, but only about 3,000 donor hearts become available every year,'' it added. The Times identified the UCLA patient as Edward Cooper, a former Santa Ana city attorney who is retired and living in Laughlin, Nevada. Cooper suffered two heart attacks before a more serious attack this year that left him with chest pains and breathing difficulties. ``The implications are profound,'' Dr. Mark Sussman of the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, told the Times. ``The challenge now is to find out just how well these cells can perform new tricks in their new homes.'' ``This is the first time we actually have a hope for recovery, not just stabilizing and managing heart patients,'' Dr. Doris Taylor of Duke University, who is planning similar trials, told the newspaper. ``We might actually be able to regain lost heart function, which would improve the quality and quantity of life.''
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