First six months best for stimulating heart growth, study reveals
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
The optimal window of time to stimulate heart muscle cell regeneration -- cardiomyocyte proliferation -- in humans is the first six months of life, researchers have discovered. The drug neuregulin is currently under investigation as a drug treatment for heart failure in adults, but corresponding studies for pediatric applications had not been attempted before now.