Researchers identify mediator of blood pressure regulation in the liver
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
For 60 years, scientists have puzzled over the possibility of a hepatic osmoreceptor that influences blood pressure regulation. Now, researchers of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the MDC and Charite and the Hannover Medical School (MHH) appear to have made a breakthrough discovery.