Monday, 11 June 2012

Study: Stem cells behind clogged arteries

ISLAMABAD – Using genetic tracing, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have hunt down the real culprit of vascular diseases.

The guilty party is not the smooth muscle cells within blood vessel walls, which for decades was thought to combine with cholesterol and fat that can clog arteries. Blocked vessels can eventually lead to heart attacks and strokes.

Instead, a previously unknown type of stem cell - a multi-potent vascular stem cell - is to blame, and it

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