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Published online 13 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061113-3

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Study reveals 'signature of heart failure'

Tell-tale pattern of RNA expression could lead hunt for better treatments.

The pain of a love affair gone bad can cause a broken heart. And so can a type of molecule called a micro RNA, researchers report today.

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