Friday 23 January 2015

Hearts of Mammals Have Limited Ability to Regenerate

Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on the severity of injury, found researchers who used cyroinjury on neonatal mouse hearts. Using cryoinjury, that is damaging the heart through exposure to extreme cold in order to mimic cellular injury caused by myocardial infarction, researchers at University of Southern California found that neonatal mouse hearts can fully recover normal function following a mild injury, though fail to regenerate after a severe injury. ...

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