Fruit fly muscles with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation don't relax properly

Fruit fly muscles with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation don't relax properly 10/12/2017 02:03 PM EDT Using fruit flies, Johns Hopkins researchers have figured out why a particular inherited human heart condition that is almost always due to genetic mutations causes the heart to enlarge, thicken and fail. They found that one such mutation interferes with heart muscle's ability to relax after contracting, and prevents the heart from fully filling with blood and pumping it out. Full story at http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/fruit_fly_muscles_with_a_hypertrophic_cardiomyopathy_mutation_dont_relax_properly Source Johns Hopkins Medicine This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Arlington, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111