{
  "id": 2151664,
  "title": "Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-reverses-heart-failure-in-90-of-patients-in-2151664",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3364718/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-reverses-heart-failure-90-patients-landmark-trial"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A hospital in east China has used reprogrammed stem cells to treat severe heart failure, with 90 per cent of patients showing significant recovery in heart function after the novel therapy. On Wednesday, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, affiliated with Nanjing University, released the long-term follow-up results of a phase 2 clinical study, which was published in the journal Nature Medicine. While…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients in landmark trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinese-stem-cell-therapy-reverses-heart-failure-in-90-of-patients-in",
        "published": "2026-08-20T14:00:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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