Sunday, May 3, 2015

Heart Muscle Cells Regrown in Medical Research Breakthrough By: Ron B Grade 9

Unlike animals such as the salamander and the zebrafish, humans are unable to easily regenerate heart cells, making it difficult to recover from the permanent damage caused by heart attacks.
In our near future, we may be able to regenerate our heart cells just like the salamander and the zebrafish!
A group of scientists from Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Victor Chang Institute in Sydney have discovered a way to stimulate heart muscle cells to grow!
The heart is markedly different in this respect from human blood, hair and skin cells, which are renewed throughout life. But as far as heart muscle goes, we can’t match some animals.
In my opinion, this idea is going to change the way we’ve lived so far. We could live more than 150 years, and the blessing “May you live to be 120…” will be offensive.