Snake blood, a swell heart treatment

Snake fatty acids can help to boost the cardiac efficiency of mice

source: New Scientist vol 212, no 2837, November 5 2011 p19

Snake fatty acids can help to boost the cardiac efficiency of mice. Pythons increase heart size following a big meal. Human hearts can grow after blockages, and such growth can lead to scarring. Human hearts can also grow with exercise or in pregnancy, through release of IGF-1, a hormone. The same effect has been found in mice injected with fatty acids from snakes which had just been fed, according to Leslie Leinwand from Colorado University, Boulder.
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