Worm Provides Clues About Preventing Damage Caused By Low-oxygen During Stroke, Heart Attack

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 11:07 in Health & Medicine

Neurobiologists have identified pathways that allow microscopic worms to survive in a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, environment. They believe the finding could have implications for conditions such as stroke, heart attack and cancer. Sensitivity to low oxygen helps determine how damaging those medical conditions can be.

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