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Heart repair

08-Feb-2017

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Exercise doesn’t just make your heart go faster – it might fix it too.

30 minutes running on a treadmill changed activity in hearts of mice.

Increased activity of genes involved in repairing DNA may help explain why exercise protects against heart disease.

The studies were published in the Nature Astronomy, Experimental Physiology, Current Biology and Nature Biomedical Engineering journals.

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Current Biology

Journal providing information from all areas of biology.

Experimental Physiology

Scientific journal publishing physiological research papers.

Nature Astronomy

Journal providing information from all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science.

Nature Biomedical Engineering

Scientific journal covering research of human disease, or its prevention, diagnosis and treatment

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