Root cause of blood vessel damage in diabetes discovered

Friday, February 11, 2011 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

Diabetes researchers have identified a key mechanism that appears to contribute to the blood vessel damage that occurs in people with diabetes. Blood vessel problems are a common diabetes complication. Many of the nearly 26 million Americans with the disease face the prospect of amputations, heart attack, stroke and vision loss because of damaged vessels.

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