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