{
  "id": 19846623,
  "title": "Blocking excess scarring helps prevent heart failure development",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/blocking-excess-scarring-helps-prevent-heart-failure-development",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-blocking-excess-scarring-heart-failure.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}