The heart cells created from patients' skin were at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby

Scientists have turned skin tissue from heart attack patients into fresh, beating heart cells in a first step towards a new therapy for the condition.

The procedure may eventually help scores of people who survive heart attacks but are severely debilitated by damage to the organ.

By creating new heart cells from a patient's own tissues, doctors avoid the risk of the cells being rejected by the immune system once they are transplanted.

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