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2020
October
Neat News 2020-291 (added 2020-10-17)
Treating a heart attack
© Patrick J. Lynch [CC BY 2.5]
| When parts of the heart are deprived of oxygen, cells in the heart die. For this reason it is important to restore the supply of oxygen quickly. However, when oxygen flows again after a period of lack the heart may suffer so-called reoxygenation injury. Now a cocktail of molecules and proteins has been developed that can prevent or reduce this problem. |