Culprit responsible for calcified blood vessels in kidney disease identified
Scientists have implicated a type of stem cell they believe is responsible for calcified blood vessels common in patients with chronic kidney disease. The research will guide future studies into ways to block minerals from building up inside blood vessels and exacerbating atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries. The study, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, appears Sept. 8 in the journal Cell Stem Cell. “In the past, this calcification process was… Read More »Culprit responsible for calcified blood vessels in kidney disease identified