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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Health => Topic started by: magnetic on February 26, 2011, 07:22:45 am

Title: NEWS STORY: Newborn Heart Muscle Can Grow Back by Itself, Study Shows
Post by: magnetic on February 26, 2011, 07:22:45 am

This is interesting:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145600.htm

Could it be that we lose this ability to heal as we age due to eating the diet of civilization??

Ryan

Title: Re: NEWS STORY: Newborn Heart Muscle Can Grow Back by Itself, Study Shows
Post by: kurite on February 26, 2011, 08:34:33 am

I'll find the article later but I remember reading about a gene we have that lets us regenerate certain tissues. Unfortunately its not active, I guess its possible through epigenetics to somehow turn it back on.