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Zebrafish Study with Human Heart Implications (2 of 2)

Caption: Heart muscle cells (shown in green), regress to a more youthful state after injury, start dividing again (indicated by a red marker) to replenish lost cells and then mature a second time into cardiomyocytes.

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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