Seeking An Early Biomarker To Fight Atherosclerosis

The Journal of the American Heart Association has published the conclusive results from a study directed by Dr. Eric Thorin of the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI), which suggests for the first time that a blood protein contributes to the early development of atherosclerosis. Dr. Thorin, his team and his collaborators discovered that the blood levels of angiopoietin-like protein 2 (angptl2) are six times higher in subjects with coronary heart disease than in healthy subjects of the same age...
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