A New RNA Therapy Could Help the Heart Repair Itself (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

A New RNA Therapy Could Help the Heart Repair Itself

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Immunofluorescence image of transverse heart sections from a healthy neonatal mouse (Left) or a neonatal mouse in which myocardial infarction was induced at postnatal day 1, examined 3 days after injury (Right). The yellow signal shows high levels of pro-ANP expression in the border region of the injured myocardium. Pro-ANP is an injury-responsive protein that helps promote cardiac repair in neonatal mice. Cardiomyocytes are shown in magenta (α-actinin), and cell nuclei are shown in cyan.
 

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Cheng Lab/Columbia University

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