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Molecule That Dilates Blood Vessels Hints at New Way to Treat Heart Disease

posted by mrpg on Saturday April 21 2018, @08:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-heart-U dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Americans die of heart or cardiovascular disease at an alarming rate. In fact, heart attacks, strokes and related diseases will kill an estimated 610,000 Americans this year alone. Some medications help, but to better tackle this problem, researchers need to know exactly how the heart and blood vessels stay healthy in the first place.

Now, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have identified a protein, called GPR68, that senses blood flow and tells small blood vessels called arterioles when to dilate. The researchers believe medications that activate GPR68 could one day be useful to treat medical conditions, including ischemic stroke.

"It has been known for decades that blood vessels sense changes in blood flow rate, and this information is crucial in regulating blood vessel dilation and controlling vascular tone," says Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, Scripps Research professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and senior author of the study published today in the journal Cell.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 22 2018, @01:46PM (3 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday April 22 2018, @01:46PM (#670334) Journal

    If you keep trolling and being an asshole, you will keep getting Troll mods. This is trolling and being an asshole. It's not my "mission" to downmod you into oblivion; I'd rather spend the points on +1 Insightful. But you're being an insufferable sack of shit, so what other option do I have?

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 22 2018, @02:07PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 22 2018, @02:07PM (#670338) Journal

    Insufferable is in the eyes of the wench proclaiming unsufferability. I think you're just in a masochistic mood, and need to be thrashed.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:15PM (1 child)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:15PM (#670446) Journal

      You never bloody learn, do you...? I can keep it up (hurrr) longer than you (hurr!) old man. There are better things to spend my mod points on, but since you asked...

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