Blocking excess scarring helps prevent heart failure development
Most heart failure cases are caused to a large degree by a buildup of excess scar tissue in the heart, which currently has no treatments. Now, researchers have successfully prevented the development of severe heart failure in a mouse model of heart attack by blocking a protein that triggers the formation of excessive scar tissue.
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