Understanding how the Heart is built in the womb could help develop drugs and techniques to repair it in adult life, according to University of Aberdeen researchers who have secured funding to investigate the details of this important process. Around 420 people die every day in the UK as a result of cardiovascular disease, according to the British Heart Foundation. Heart muscle is built in the embryo but cannot be effectively repaired in adults, for instance after a heart attack. The new study, supported by a five-year grant from the British Heart Foundation worth more than £1 million, will study

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