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DiscoveriesScientists identify protein that repairs heart muscle and regenerates organs
A protein that helps make neurons also works to reprogram scar tissue cells into heart muscle cells, according to a new study.
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A protein that helps make neurons also works to reprogram scar tissue cells into heart muscle cells, according to a new study.
Joseph Shavit