Revolutionary New Cell Type May Hold Key To Treating Heart Failure

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Could this new research begin to turn the tide on the world's number one killer? CLIPAREA I Custom media/Shutterstock

Around 610,000 people die from heart disease in the U.S. every year – that’s one in every four deaths. It’s proving to be a particularly difficult medical problem: Damage to the heart is almost always irreversible, as heart cells cannot regenerate themselves.