Oksana Tehlivets, Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Francesca Bogoni (from left) (IMAGE)

Graz University of Technology

Oksana Tehlivets, Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Francesca Bogoni (from left)

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Oksana Tehlivets from the Institute of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Graz, Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Francesca Bogoni from the Institute of Biomechanics at Graz University of Technology (from left), together with partners from the Medical University of Graz, have discovered that high levels of the amino acid homocysteine in the blood make the aorta stiffer and less elastic.

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TU Graz

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