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Immune System Critical to Tissue Regeneration

21-Sep-2017

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Study in salamanders finds heart tissue regeneration depends on presence of macrophages.

Research could help promote scar-free healing in humans following a heart attack.

Cardiomyocyte proliferation is not the only determinant in heart regeneration.

Humans have the same genetic machinery of salamanders.

The studies were published in the Nature Regenerative Medicine journal and ResearchGate.

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James Godwin

Assistant Professor at The Jackson Laboratory/MDI Biological Laboratory.

MDI Biological Laboratory

Non-profit biomedical research institution improving human health

npj Regenerative Medicine

Medical journal covering research into ways to help the human body repair, replace, restore and regenerate damaged tissues and organs

ResearchGate

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Regenerative Medicine