Can the NHS afford to deliver such a costly approach?

The British heart foundation have awarded two new grants from their Mending Broken Hearts Appeal fund, at a combined cost of more than £500,000.

Because of the generocity of others donations, each funded project holds promise of helping find a way to repair hearts damaged by a heart attack. The two sets of scientists – one at the University of Cambridge, and the other at University College London – are both trying to develop a ‘heart patch’ to fix to a damaged heart.

A ‘patch’ with the right layout of heart muscle cells, held together by proteins and supporting cells, could form part of a future treatment for some people with heart failure. But making a patch is not easy, because heart muscle has a much more complex structure than many other types of tissue. Different types of cells and supporting structures have to be positioned and connected in precisely the right way to form healthy working tissue. The report outlines funding to go to 2 universities  one outlining its studies on a ‘patch’ with the right layout of heart muscle cells, held together by proteins and supporting cells, could form part of a future treatment for some people with heart failure. But making a patch is not easy, because heart muscle has a much more complex structure than many other types of tissue. Different types of cells and supporting structures have to be positioned and connected in precisely the right way to form healthy working tissue.

Dr Anastasis Stephanou and his colleagues at University College London are using a high-tech gadget to ‘spray’ cells together using microscopic hoses. This pioneering new technique could be an ideal way to build high quality heart tissue in the future.

Funding can only go so far

Why is there such an increase in cardiac failure and cardiac muscle wastage what food, lifestyle or drug is causing this? one can only wonder. As funding goes this type of opperation would cost millions t implement if it did work and went national, it would be on the same speck as gastric banding/ballooning opperations on the NHS ( patients bmi registered as a danger before clearence for opperation).

Investment into herbal cardiac support

If trails for herbs such as as billberry were looked into in a non bias way then progression into development of herbs not just pharmaceuticals in the NHS would save money and increase patients life expectancy, though there is no money in cures just prevention measures, which is endemic with the UK and US.