Scientists have identified a protein that can trick the heart into growing in a healthy way and boost blood flow by mimicking the effects of exercise and that may help treat heart patients!

The researchers discovered a protein called ‘cardiotrophinI’ (CTI) that can trick the heart to pumping more blood just as it does in response to exercise and pregnancy.They showed that this good kind of heart growth is very different from the harmful enlargement of the heart, occuring during heart failure. It was also found to repair heart damage and improve blood flow in animal models of heart failure.
-Deccan Herald-