Did You Know? Israel Makes Important Heart Health Discovery
Posted on: August 26, 2009

Israeli researchers have made an important breakthrough in treating heart disease, by growing heart muscle in rats abdomens and using it to patch the hearts of rats that suffered heart attacks. Led by Dr. Tal Dvir of Ben-Gurion University, along with scientists at the Hebrew University and doctors at the Sheba Medical Center, this is the first study to show it is possible to improve the health of a heart after it has been damaged by heart attack.  Learn more in Haaretz and Medical News Today.