News tagged with vascular damage
An Alzheimer's vaccine in a nasal spray
One in eight Americans will fall prey to Alzheimer's disease at some point in their life, current statistics say. Because Alzheimer's is associated with vascular damage in the brain, many of them will succumb through a painful ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Researcher identifies cell mechanism leading to diabetic blindness
Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn't know why or how. Now a Michigan State University scientist has discovered the process that causes retinal ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Elevated arginase levels contribute to vascular eye disease such as diabetic retinopathy
Elevated levels of the enzyme arginase contribute to vascular eye damage and Medical College of Georgia researchers say therapies to normalize its levels could halt progression of potentially blinding diseases ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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