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Scientists restore heart function after MI in mice model

This will be the solution to post heart attack complications

24-Jul-2019

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Possible to reverse damage and restore heart function even after a severe heart attack.

The miR-294 are a class of microRNAs exclusively expressed during developmental stages.

When introduced into heart cells it leads to this potential damage reversal.

Causes damaged heart cells to re-enter the cell cycle leading to repair of those heart cells.

Plan to do pre-clinical trials in large animal models.

Study by Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, published in Circulation Research.

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Circulation Research

Medical journal providing information about cardiovascular system.

Mohsin Khan

Assistant Professor at Center for Metabolic Disease Research at LKSOM.

Raj Kishore

Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Stem Cells, Heart Disease