A new drug aimed at treating cancer could help prevent heart failure too, according to new research from America. However, the drug has only been tested on mice and the benefits have yet to be replicated in heart patients. The drug, a type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, has been shown to reverse the harmful effects of autophagy in heart muscle cells of mice. Autophagy is a natural process by which cells eat their own proteins to provide needed resources in times of stress...
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