A promising advance from scientists in Germany offers a potential solution – a "heart patch" made from stem cells that could provide a bridge to transplantation, or maybe even a permanent fix.

“The heart has a very limited capacity for repair and regeneration ... more similar to the paper produced long ago.” The material has two key functions: first, to support the layers of ...

They serve to form a heart graft or patch that can help people with severe cardiac failure, according to a proof of concept document, published in the journal Nature, which tested the approach in ...