Genetic Underpinnings Of Enigmatic Cardiovascular Condition Revealed By Big-Hearted Fish

Mark Kahn, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, graduate student Benjamin Kleaveland, and colleagues report in the February issue of Nature Medicine that a human vascular condition called Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM) is caused by leaky junctions between cells in the lining of blood vessels.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on March 4th, 2009