Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Reversed In Mouse Models

Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 17:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified a key protein that promotes the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in humans and mice. This groundbreaking discovery has implications for future drug therapies that may extend the life of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and prevent the need for lung transplantation, currently the only cure for this debilitating disease.

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