New research can improve heart health

(University of Copenhagen) For the first time, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet are able to show that a particular gene variant lowers the risk of arteriosclerosis by 41 percent, making the variant an obvious target for future drugs for cardiovascular disease treatment. The results are based on data from nearly 76,000 subjects and have just been published in the renowned New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news