Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. The studies will be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 in Orlando, Fla.

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