Dr. Manuel Galiñanes, head of the Reparative Therapy of the Heart group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), appeared in 'El Punt Avui' of the 3rd of March, to talk about the research lines to recover the damage of the myocardium in order to avoid transplantation. One of the research lines is focused on the use of stem cells that, after many years of studies, it has been demonstrated that can be useful to help the myocardium’s cells to repair the damage after suffering a heart attack. In this interview, Dr. Galiñanes explained that researchers are seeking alternatives to the heart transplantation to avoid the problems and complications originated by immunosuppressive drugs. VHIR’s researchers and world leading experts shared the last advances in these therapies in the "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/mitjans/mitjans_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=1&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2012&num=220" 'Unsolved Problems in Heart Repair' sessions, celebrated last November in Barcelona.