Insight into how congenital heart defects manifest

In an effort to learn more about how the heart develops, researchers have determined that the cells lining the heart direct the cardiac muscle to grow until the heart reaches its full size. They also outlined the complex mechanism that regulates this process, which requires two sets of brakes to be bypassed for the heart to develop properly.

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