Inhibition of microRNAs can stimulate the growth of new blood vessels

Monday, August 29, 2011 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

This is the result of a recent experimental study carried out at the University Hospital Freiburg in Germany and funded by the German Research Foundation. In an animal model of peripheral artery disease, blood flow to the lower leg was significantly improved after treatment with the so-called "antagomir"-inhibitor.

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