Synthetic mRNA can induce self-repair and regeneration of the infarcted heart
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have taken a major step towards treatment for heart attack, by instructing the injured heart in mice to heal by expressing a factor that triggers cardiovascular regeneration driven by native heart stem cells. The study also shows that there was an effect on driving the formation of a small number of new cardiac muscle cells.