Fixing a broken heart: Exploring new ways to heal damage after a heart attack

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(Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation)

Scientists have produced a new, less invasive platform that uses nanomaterials and may help heal damage in patients who had a heart attack by turning the body's inflammatory response into a signal to heal, rather than a means of scarring the heart.