![Jiandong Liu, PhD](https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/06/research-reveals-new-molecular-player-in-heart-enlargement-due-to-cardiac-disease-image2-600x647.jpeg)
January 30, 2019
Research Reveals New Molecular Player in Heart Enlargement Due to Cardiac Disease
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Jiandong Liu, PhD, found that an RNA-binding protein called Lin28 is crucial for pathological hypertrophy, an enlargement of the heart associated with diverse cardiac diseases.