Tuesday 14 April 2015

Regeneration of Heart Cells Possible in Mice With the Help of Specialized Protein, ERBB2

A team of researchers at Weizmann Institute has regenerated heart cells in adult mice using a specialized protein called ERBB2. When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure, but research provides insight into the question of why the mammalian heart fails to regenerate, on one hand, and demonstrated, in adult mice, the possibility of turning back this fate. Researcher Eldad Tzahor thought ...

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