Cell molecule identified as central player in the formation of new blood vessels
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 14:00
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.