"Heart-Breaking" Starvation Response

A protective response to starvation may promote heart failure, according to a study just published in Cell Metabolism. Two proteins that team up to conserve energy when food is scarce also limit energy production in the heart--a situation that can prove fatal when the heart is stressed and in need of an energy boost.

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