Drs. J. Michael DiMaio and Ildiko Bock-Marquette, UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Drs. J. Michael DiMaio and Ildiko Bock-Marquette, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Drs. J. Michael DiMaio and Ildiko Bock-Marquette have found in mice that the molecule Thymosin beta-4 affects developmental gene expression in heart cells as early as 24 hours after systemic injection. The new findings suggest that introducing TB4 after a heart attack encourages new growth and repair of these cells.

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UT Southwestern Medical Center

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