New Pathway Found Underlying Pulmonary Hypertension
Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Pulmonary hypertension is an unremitting disease caused by a progressive increase in blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lung; it leads to heart failure and ultimately death. Currently there are limited treatment options. However, researchers have identified in mice a new molecular pathway underlying pulmonary hypertension that they hope might provide novel therapeutic targets.