Identification of three fatty acids involved in the extreme growth of Burmese pythons hearts following large meals could prove beneficial in treating diseased human hearts.
Researchers took these fatty acids from feasting pythons and infused them into fasting pythons. Afterward, those fasting pythons underwent heart-rate growths similar to that of the feasting pythons. In a similar fashion, the researchers were able to induce comparable heart-rate growths in rats, indicating that the fatty acids have a similar effect on the mammalian heart.
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