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Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage

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This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Research March 7, 2019 Archive: Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage By Jason Alvarez Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email this article Print this article Adult-like cardiac tissue.

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This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Research March 7, 2019 Archive: Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage By Jason Alvarez Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email this article Print this article Adult-like cardiac tissue. Credit: NIH. Although most victims survive the 735,000 heart attacks that occur annually in the U.S., their heart tissue is often irreparably damaged – unlike many other cells in the body, once injured, heart cells cannot regenerate.

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