Source: University of Western Ontario
Date: April 18, 2011
Summary:
Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have discovered a way to stimulate the formation of highly functional new blood vessels. Scientists have developed a strategy in which a biological factor, called fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9), is delivered at the same time that the body is making its own effort at forming new blood vessels in vulnerable or damaged tissue.
Their findings are published online in Nature Biotechnology.
