Pythons May Hold Clues to New Heart Therapies (1 of 5) (IMAGE)

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Pythons May Hold Clues to New Heart Therapies (1 of 5)

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Adult Burmese python. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 28, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.A. Riquelme of University of Colorado, Boulder in Boulder, CO, and colleagues, was titled, “Fatty Acids Identified in the Burmese Python Promote Beneficial Cardiac Growth.”

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