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Two women stand in a laboratory beside shelves of labeled storage containers and equipment. The woman on the left wears a black blazer over a teal top; the woman on the right wears a color-blocked black, white, and pink dress.

October 11, 2018

Novel genetic study sheds new light on risk of heart attack

Loss of a protein that regulates mitochondrial function can greatly increase the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), Vanderbilt scientists reported Oct. 3 in the journal eLife.

By Bill Snyder