Can skin cells be converted into functioning cells that can be used to repair damaged heart muscles? That is exactly what researchers from across the world have been trying to do for over a decade now. While procedures like stenting and bypass can open up blocked blood vessels in the heart, and blood thinning medicines can reduce the risk of another blockage, there is no treatment to rejuvenate the heart muscles that die without oxygen during a heart attack. The dead muscle forms fibrous scar tissues that reduce the efficiency of the heart to pump blood, and can eventually lead…