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Enhancing Regeneration: Animal Study Suggests Novel Way To Reverse Heart-attack Damage

10-11-2006 · ScienceDaily

Cardiology researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have shown that it may be possible to reduce tissue injury after a heart attack and preserve heart function by using techniques of regenerative medicine. Working with rats, they got heart-muscle cells to multiply, minimized scarring and boosted the heart's pumping ability after a simulated myocardial infarction. Findings will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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