The ‘Quality Control’ Protein That Grows a Heart ‘Precisely’

Adelaide University researchers uncover a molecular pathway linked to congenital heart defects.
The ‘Quality Control’ Protein That Grows a Heart ‘Precisely’
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The heart does not simply need to grow. It needs to grow in the right place, at the right time, for the right duration.

In a preprint study published in Nature Communications in January, researchers from Adelaide University revealed a previously unrecognised role of specific cells that coordinates the growth and structure in the developing heart.