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Oct 4, 2022

‘Love hormone’ oxytocin may help mend broken hearts (literally), lab study suggests

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Oxytocin, sometimes called the “love hormone,” may help heal broken hearts — literally. In a new study of zebrafish and human cells, scientists found that the brain-made hormone may help heart tissue regenerate after injury and, in theory, could someday be used in the treatment of heart attacks, according to the researchers.

Because the new study was conducted in fish tanks and lab dishes, however, this theoretical treatment is still far from realization.

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