Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Atherosclerosis is a Tumor-Like Disease - Study
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 1 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release:
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An anticancer drug blunted atherosclerosis progression -- and even made plaques shrink -- in a mouse model of the disease, opening new opportunities for preventing and treating this leading cause of death.
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The fatty plaques that build up inside arteries in the disease atherosclerosis have features in common with tumors.
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An anticancer drug blunted atherosclerosis progression -- and even made plaques shrink -- in a mouse model of the disease, opening new opportunities for preventing and treating this leading cause of death.
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The fatty plaques that build up inside arteries in the disease atherosclerosis have features in common with tumors.