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How can you mend a broken heart?
How can you mend a broken heart? Imagine if
Imagine if you could do it with a band-aid.
you could do it with a band-aid. Soon, doctors
Soon, doctors may be able to do just
may be able to do just that, with band-aids
that, with band-aids made from molecules
made from molecules that can repair tears
that can repair tears in muscle cells and
in muscle cells and cell membranes. That
cell membranes. That vision is what drives
vision is what drives Dr. Frank Bates and other
Dr. Frank Bates and other researchers at
researchers at the University of Minnesota
the University of Minnesota to transform
to transform how doctors treat patients with
how doctors treat patients with congenital
congenital heart defects or who are recovering
heart defects or who are recovering from
from heart attacks. “We could save thousands
heart a acks. “We could save thousands of o f l i v l i ev e s s e e a a c c h h y y e e a a r , r ” , ” B B a a t t e e s s s s a a y y s s , , “ “ N N o o t t b b a a d d f f o o r r a a band-aid.”
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WHAT DRIVES
WHAT DRIVES
FRANK BATES
FRANK BATES
TO THINK TO THINK
MOLECULAR MOLECULAR
“BAND-AIDS” “BAND-AIDS”
COULD BE USED COULD BE USED
FOR HEART FOR HEART
REPAIR? REPAIR?