by Frontiers Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Healing often leaves a scar. But the role of the scar itself in healing is often underestimated: a scar that doesn’t heal cleanly can be painful or upsetting or affect the range of movement of the affected body part. It may even require further surgical treatment. Now, scientists based...
by University of Sydney Credit: Circulation Research (2022). DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321123 After a heart attack, the shock of the event leaves behind a trail of damaged heart muscle, which becomes a scar over time. However, the scar tissue doesn’t have the elasticity and flexibility of healthy heart muscle, meaning there can be complications with pumping and transporting blood. For...
