Ahmed, Nguyen et al. show that two FDA-approved antibiotics, paromomycin and neomycin, promote cardiomyocyte proliferation and improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction in mice and pigs by interfering with the cell division inhibiting function of transcription factors Meis1 and Hoxb13.
- Mahmoud Salama Ahmed
- Ngoc Uyen Nhi Nguyen
- Hesham A. Sadek