New therapy can heal damage of heart attack

Researchers have discovered a therapy through which they can induce heart cells to regenerate after a heart attack. According to the study published in Journal Nature, myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, caused by the sudden blocking of one of the cardiac coronary arteries, is the main cause of heart failure.

New Delhi: Researchers have discovered a therapy through which they can induce heart cells to regenerate after a heart attack.

According to the study published in Journal Nature, myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, caused by the sudden blocking of one of the cardiac coronary arteries, is the main cause of heart failure. It's a condition that now affects over 23 million populations in the world.

At present, when patients survive a heart attack, they are left with permanent structural damage to their heart through the formation of a scar, which can lead to heart failure in the future.

Researchers have delivered a small piece of genetic material, called microRNA-199, to the heart of pigs, after a myocardial infarction which resulted in the almost complete recovery of cardiac function at one month later.