Adult Burmese pythons can swallow prey as large as deer. Now, researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder say the way the python's heart balloons after it eats could help treat human ...

Leslie Leinwand, a University of Colorado Boulder professor, leads one of the few labs worldwide that studies pythons to improve human health.

Pythons can eat up to quarter of their body weight, or 40 pounds, in one meal. It turns out those huge meals make their hearts stronger and may offer insight into how to treat heart disease in humans.

Python’s heart-restoring elixir works in mice Chemical brew used by snakes to build cardiac muscle could help humans ...