Successful strategy developed to regenerate blood vessels
Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered a way to stimulate the formation of highly functional new blood vessels. Scientists have developed a strategy in which a biological factor, called fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9), is delivered at the same time that the body is making its own effort at forming new blood vessels in vulnerable or damaged tissue.