Discovered: Key Regulator Of Heart And Blood Vessel Development (And It Can Be Manipulated)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 18:20 in Health & Medicine

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) already account for one third of all global deaths and raising, with effective heart regeneration therapies yet to be developed despite worldwide research efforts. A new study by scientists from Oxford University and the University of Coimbra in Portugal might have put us a step closer with the discovery of the key molecule regulating the development of several heart and blood vessels’ tissues in the zebrafish embryo. read more

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