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Human heart can regrow muscle after heart attack, first study shows

As of September 2026: Researcher at University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health and Charles Perkins Centre; Baird Institute for Applied Heart and Lung Research

Medical textbooks have long said the adult human heart cannot repair itself. Researchers at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have now shown, for the first time in humans, that heart muscle cells regrow after a heart attack.

Updated Sep 11

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"Until now we've thought that, because heart cells die after a heart attack, those areas of the heart were irreparably damaged."

from Human heart can regrow muscle after heart attack, first study shows · Updated Sep 11

"Although this new discovery of regrowing muscle cells is exciting, it isn't enough to prevent the devastating effects of a heart attack."

from Human heart can regrow muscle after heart attack, first study shows · Updated Sep 11