Interrupted Blood Flow (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Interrupted Blood Flow

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Blood flow was interrupted in a vessel in normal mice (above) and in FASTie mice (below). After a few weeks, the normal mice formed new blood vessels to restore blood flow, but FASTie mice without fatty acid synthase did not.

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Semenkovich lab, Washington University School of Medicine

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