Cell Molecule Identified as Central Player in the Formation of New Blood Vessels
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, is seriously impaired without it.