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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells using a new process that eliminates the need for stem cell transplant.

Scientists have successfully transformed the sort of scar tissue caused by heart attacks into living, beating heart muscle. read more

Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Approximately every 25 seconds, an American has a heart attack. One of the vessels to the heart gets blocked, cutting off blood flow to part of the heart. Then, the starving tissue begins to die, causing pain in the chest and difficulty breathing and, eventually, death. Every minute, someone in America dies from one of these coronary ...

While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Scientists have shed light on this mystery by discovering that a genetic factor, KLF15, governs the body’s ability to burn fat during exercise.

Scientists are continuing to work on transforming scar tissue resulting from myocardial infarction into viable heart muscle cells.