Chickens could help provide solutions for human heart abnormalities

"By focusing on chickens' hearts, a scientist at University of Missouri has identified some proteins in the heart muscle that are critical in regulating embryonic heartbeat control. Knowledge of these components and how they interact can enable researchers with a better understanding of heart development and abnormalities in humans. For the study, the researchers examined embryonic chickens' hearts, which develop morphologically and functionally similarly to humans' hearts" - newKerala