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Born to heal: Why babies recover, but adults scar, after heart damage

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Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues.

After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate healthy heart tissue, leading to scar-tissue buildup and, often, heart failure.

Northwestern Medicine study in experimental animals reveals a critical difference in how macrophages -- a part of the immune system -- help repair the heart in newborns versus adults.

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