Bypassing Bypass Surgery: New Blood Vessels Grown To Combat Heart Disease, Tel Aviv University Study

Tel Aviv University -- Although open-heart surgery is a frequent treatment for heart disease, it remains extremely dangerous. Now groundbreaking research from Dr. Britta Hardy of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine has shown the potential for an injected protein to regrow blood vessels in the human heart — eliminating the need for risky surgery altogether.

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