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Stem cells tested for heart attack repair

6:02pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

Scientists are a step closer to harnessing a technique that “literally mends broken hearts”, according to the Daily Express. The newspaper says that the simple procedure “uses patients’ own cells to regrow muscle damaged by a heart attack”.


UK blindness predicted to rise

6:03pm Tuesday 14th February 2012

It is feared that the UK could face a “Blindness epidemic”, the Daily Express has claimed today. The newspaper has reported that Britain faces a sight loss epidemic due to progressive eye conditions that is being grossly underestimated by the NHS.



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