CBS Evening News - 2011-11-14
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[0:01] Tonight, a victory against America's
[0:03] number one killer.
[0:05] For the first time, a damaged heart is
[0:07] repaired with stem cells.
[0:09] It's like someone [music] gave me a
[0:10] magic pill. I felt better all over.
[0:13] Reports from Bill Whitaker and Dr. Jon
[0:15] LaPook. John Dickerson on Herman Cain's
[0:18] foreign policy stumble.
[0:20] Got all this stuff twirling around in my
[0:22] head.
[0:23] Will the plug be pulled on health care
[0:25] reform? Jan Crawford reports the Supreme
[0:28] Court has decided whether to take the
[0:30] case. And what can you [music] get for a
[0:33] $100 at this cafe? She got the cafe. But
[0:37] Wyatt Andrews tells us there's a catch.
[0:45] This [music] is the CBS Evening News
[0:47] with Scott Pelley.
[0:49] Good evening. There is remarkable new
[0:52] evidence tonight that stem cells can
[0:54] repair a damaged heart. And the early
[0:57] going suggests it is a powerful effect.
[1:00] The findings were presented at a meeting
[1:02] of the American Heart Association today,
[1:04] but we've been following this therapy
[1:07] for 2 years. It's important to note that
[1:09] it's just the beginning of trials, and
[1:11] it's not clear where all of this will
[1:13] lead or how many patients it might help.
[1:16] But we asked Bill Whitaker to show us
[1:18] what's happened to the very first
[1:19] patient who received this treatment.
[1:22] So, Ken, how are you feeling?
[1:24] I feel fantastic.
[1:26] When we first met Ken Millis 2 years
[1:28] ago, he had suffered a serious heart
[1:30] attack.
[1:30] The artery that was 98% blocked, that
[1:33] particular type of blockage is is called
[1:36] the widow maker because it's the one
[1:38] where typically when people get it,
[1:41] it's over. They're dead.
[1:42] We have compl