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Left: this image shows fibrotic heart cells from a patient who had heart failure; the cells have an elaborate fibronectin matrix (shown in red) which causes fibrosis and heart damage. Right: in this image, human heart cells treated with the novel therapeutic peptide exhibit dramatically reduced fibrosis; the experimental treatment prevented the human heart cells from failing and restored their function. Image credit: Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute.

Inhibiting Specific Protein Might Prevent Heart Failure

Apr 17, 2018 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix-forming protein,...