News From The Online Early Journal Of Clinical Investigation

VEGF-B helps nerve cells cheat death without unwanted side effectsThe prototypical member of the VEGF family of proteins, VEGF, has recently been shown to protect cells in the nervous system from death and degeneration. However, its clinical utility in this regard is limited, because it also induces blood vessel growth, a process known as angiogenesis.

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Filed under: Biology on February 8th, 2008