PTI / The Hindu.
Researchers have discovered a protein, known as thymosin Beta 4, which appears to reawaken dormant stem cells in the organ of adults.
Scientists are developing a new pill which they say can trigger the heart to repair itself after an attack.
A team from University College London, which is behind the research, described their work as a major step towards perfecting a way to persuade the heart to rejuvenate.
Unlike other organs, it was thought until recently that, the heart lacked the ability to heal damage by itself.
That meant when someone had a heart attack, they had to live with the damage and their quality of life was often severely curtailed.
But, the researchers claimed that they may be just a decade away from developing a pill which could help the heart repair itself after an attack, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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