Part one of term paper
“Crooners who lament that broken hearts never mend may need to find another tune.” Scientist are finding new evidence that suggests that, contrary to scientific consensus, heart muscle cells do divide and the number of cells can increase. The vast majority of heart muscle cells, or myocytes, had been thought to stop dividing by the time a ...

Part two of term paper
... came from a left ventricle, the most powerful chamber of the heart and the one most afflicted by heart attacks. Scientist and researchers had to use a powerful optical microscope to look for dividing cells in tissue damaged by heart attacks. They detected cell nuclei that were splitting. Other scientists searching for dividing had not tried that technique. The finding strengthens the possibility that scientists can develop medical treatments to enhance cell division and restore healthy heart ...