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New way to prompt blood vessel growth shows promise for rescuing limbs at risk
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New way to prompt blood vessel growth shows promise for rescuing limbs at risk

by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Critical limb ischemia (CLI), the end-stage condition of peripheral artery disease (PAD), is increasing worldwide. Diabetes, smoking (Buerger disease), and auto-immune diseases all can cause CLI. A new study led by experts at Cincinnati Children’s and Kanazawa University in Japan shows, in mice, that transplanting human stem cells from fat...

Powerhouse-pruning protein may also aid new blood vessel growth in vascular disease
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Powerhouse-pruning protein may also aid new blood vessel growth in vascular disease

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DR. MASUKO USHIO-FUKAI CREDIT: MICHAEL HOLAHAN, AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 4, 2022) – A protein that helps keep our cell powerhouses working at a premium appears to also help make energy rapidly available when it’s time to make new blood vessels. It’s called glycolysis, which quickly converts the...