Study links adult heart regeneration to telomere length in animal model.

Heart failure is one of the main health problems worldwide, and the urgent medical needs relating to it have positioned cardiovascular research as one of the most actively evolving fields in regenerative medicine.  Heart failure usually results from a deficiency of specialized cardiac muscle cells known as cardiomyocytes, being well documented in amphibia and fish and in developing mammals. After birth, however, human heart regeneration … Continue reading Study links adult heart regeneration to telomere length in animal model.