New therapy for heart failure
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
Luc Roumen has developed a new therapy for the prevention of heart failure. The idea is to administer a drug that blocks the enzyme responsible for the production of aldosterone, namely cytochrome P450 11B2. The related enzyme 11B1 is involved in the production of other important hormones...
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