Studying pythons might seem an unlikely way to help people with heart disease. But a python's remarkable ability to quickly enlarge its heart and other organs during digestion is leading some medical researchers at the University of Colorado toward surprising new therapies. From Boulder, KRCC's Shelley Schlender reports.
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