{"id":214981,"date":"2024-03-19T20:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/common-antibiotics-can-regenerate-heart-cells-in-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:21","slug":"common-antibiotics-can-regenerate-heart-cells-in-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/common-antibiotics-can-regenerate-heart-cells-in-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/18195305\/SEI_196112339.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2422909 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"Heart muscle structure, computer illustration\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"KATERYNA KON\/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY\/Alamy\" data-caption=\"A computer illustration of heart muscle cells\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">A computer illustration of heart muscle cells<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">KATERYNA KON\/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Two widely used antibiotics may be able to regenerate heart cells in pigs, suggesting they might one day be used to treat heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body\u2019s needs. It commonly develops after heart attacks, which permanently damage and weaken cardiac muscle. Other than an artificial heart or a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2393849-surgeons-perform-the-second-ever-pig-to-human-heart-transplant\/#:~:text=The%20first%20pig%2Dto%2Dhuman,donor%20organs%20for%20the%20virus.\">heart transplant<\/a>, treatments for the condition can only slow its progression, not repair damaged tissue.<\/p>\n<p>    \u2026\n                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2422666-common-antibiotics-can-regenerate-heart-cells-in-animals\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A computer illustration of heart muscle cells KATERYNA KON\/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY\/Alamy Two widely used antibiotics may be able to regenerate heart cells in pigs,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336085,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214981\/revisions\/336085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}