Worm Provides Clues About Preventing Damage Caused By Low-oxygen During Stroke, Heart Attack
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 00:15
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.