Estrogen protects against cardiovascular disease

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 15:14 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCD researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Therese Kinsella have shown that estrogen can protect against cardiovascular disease by impacting the levels of a key protein called prostacyclin receptor. The findings are published today in the Journal of Molecular Biology.

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