Cell connections key in valve disease

A protein that connects cells together participates in the calcification that occurs in heart valve disease.

GROWing obesity prevention trial

Linking oxygen, iron and red blood cells

The HIF oxygen-sensing pathway and its responses to low oxygen may be targeted for treatments of anemia and disorders of iron balance.

Brain tumor TIP reveals new target

The protein TIP-1 appears to be a novel prognostic marker for glioblastoma and may be a good therapeutic target for disrupting tumor-driven blood vessel development.

Cell source of heart’s blood vessels

An unexpected group of cells generates the coronary arteries and may be useful for regeneration therapies following injury to the heart.

Do-it-yourself repair in the kidney

The kidney can mediate its own repair through proliferation of resident immune system cells.