Gene alteration in mice mimics heart-building effect of exercise
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
By tweaking a single gene, scientists have mimicked in sedentary mice the heart-strengthening effects of two weeks of endurance training, according to new research. The specific gene manipulation can't be done in humans, they say, but the findings may suggest a future strategy for repairing injured hearts through muscle regeneration.