Drug Treatment Shows Promise for Brain Blood Vessel Abnormality
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
A drug treatment has been proven to prevent lesions from cerebral cavernous malformation -- a brain blood vessel abnormality that can cause bleeding, epilepsy and stroke -- for the first time in a new study. Fasudil shows potential as a valuable new tool in addressing a clinical problem that is currently treatable only with complex surgery.