29/01/2026
For decades, the heart was believed to have little ability to repair itself after injury.
New Australian research* is gently reshaping that story.
Scientists have now observed human heart muscle cells regenerating after a heart attack — not enough to reverse damage, but enough to confirm something important:
The body has an inherent capacity to respond, adapt and repair — even in ways we are still discovering.
This research doesn’t suggest a cure.
But it does reinforce a foundational principle shared across many natural therapies:
the body is not passive — it is responsive.
In Bowen Therapy, we work with the body’s own intelligence rather than imposing force or correction.
Because when systems are supported and stress is reduced, the body often reveals capacities science is only beginning to fully understand.
Sometimes healing isn’t about doing more —
it’s about creating the conditions where the body can do what it already knows how to do.
*Hume, R., et al.
Human cardiomyocytes regenerate after myocardial injury.
Circulation Research, American Heart Association.
*University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health.
Research led by Dr Robert Hume, Cardiologist.
*ScienceAlert.
Human Heart Tissue Actually Can Regenerate After a Heart Attack, New Study Shows.
