Going to 'Wars' against Cancer and Heart Disease (video)

Duke-NUS Medical School

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This is a microscopic view to show blood vessel formation or angiogenesis at high resolution. Left: Normal blood vessel formation throughout the body during development of a zebrafish embryo. Right: Reduced blood vessel formation, indicating impaired angiogenesis, in a zebrafish embryo deficient in Wars2 where vessels are not able to grow normally.

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Wang M et al./ Nature Communications

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