CBS News | Heart-Failure Patients' Cells May Be Used for Repair BusinessWeek By Kristen Hallam on May 22, 2012 Israeli scientists for the first time succeeded in transforming the skin cells of heart-failure patients into healthy heart-muscle cells, suggesting that it may be possible to repair the organ with a person's own ... Stem cell treatment for heart failure takes small step forward Skin cells transformed into beating heart tissue, fueling heart failure ... Stem Cells Have Potential to Repair Hearts |