Posts Tagged ‘elastin’
3D view: Why aging arteries lose stretch
U. MISSOURI (US) — Advanced 3D microscopic imaging is helping scientists identify and monitor proteins involved in stiffening arteries—a major factor in cardiovascular disease. Continue…
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Stretchy arteries grown in the lab
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — By using muscles cells from baboons, researchers have grown arteries that exhibit unprecedented levels of elasticity for vessels grown outside the body. (more…)
