Heart damage can be prevented by overexpression of heme oxygenase-1

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

The protective effect of heme oxygenase-1 and its mechanism are described in a new article. Overexpression of this enzyme could protect the heart from life-threatening damage after cancer chemotherapy, and it also may be a way to increase the therapeutic window of such drugs.

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