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Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart

Mar 7, 2019 · 4 min
0:00-4:00

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Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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