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根据以下材料,回答题 StemCellTherapyMayHelpRepairtheHeart
AccordingtoscientistsintheUSA,stemcelltherapymayonedaybeabletorepairtheheartsofpeoplewithheartfailure.ResearchersatPittsburghUniversitySchoolofMedicineexamined20patientswhohadsevereheartfailureandweregoingtohavesurgery.
Theyinjectedstemcellsintothepartsoftheirheartsthatweredamaged.Theythencomparedtheirheartswiththoseofpeoplewhohadundergonesurgerywithouthavingthestemcellsinjectedintothem(theyhadalsosufferedfromsevereheartfailure).Thepatientswhohadhadthestemcellsinjectedhadheartsthatwereabletopump(用泵抽运)morebloodthantheothers.
AccordingtoProfessorRobertKormos,oneoftheresearchers,theseresultscouldrevolutionizehearttreatment.Althoughpreviousstudieshadindicatedthattheremightbeabenefit,thisisthefirststudythathasactuallyprovedthatstemcelltherapycanhelpthefailingheartworkbetter.
Allthepatientsinthisstudyhadheartsthatcouldnotpumpbloodproperly.Thescientistsmeasuredtheirejectionfraction(射血分数).Itisameasureofheartperformance;itmeasureshowmuchbloodisbeingpumpedoutbytheleftventricle(心室).
Healthypeople'sejectionfractionisabout55%.Thesepatientshadejectionfractionofunder35%.Theyallhadby-passsurgery(搭桥手术)performedonthem.Someofthepatientshadstemcellstakenfromtheirhipbonesandinjectedinto25-30sitesinthedamagedheartmuscle.Sixmonthslatertheirejectionfractionratewas46.1%whilethosewhojusthadsurgerybutnostemcellinjectionsaveraged37.2%.Nosideeffectswerereposed.
Heartfailureisacommonproblemallovertheworld.IntheU.K.aloneabout650,000peoplesufferfromheartfailureeveryyear.Asthenumberofpeoplesufferingfromheartfailureincreasesintheworldingeneral,thesefindingsareparticularlysignificant.
Currenttreatmentsrelievethesymptoms.Thisnewstemcelltherapyactuallyrepairsthedamagedmuscleintheheartandhasthepotentialofcuringthedisease.
The20patientshadstemcellinjectionsinsteadofsurgery. A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Notmentioned
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