Artificial blood vessels mimic rare accelerated aging disease

(Duke University) Biomedical engineers have grown miniature human blood vessels using stem cells taken from patients with an extremely rare genetic disease called progeria that causes symptoms resembling accelerated aging in children. The blood vessels exhibit many of the symptoms and drug reactions associated with progeria and will help doctors and researchers screen potential therapeutics for the disease, and other rare diseases, more rapidly.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news