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Studying Unique Kind of Cell Death Suggests New Treatments for Heart Disease (1 of 2)

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Studying Unique Kind of Cell Death Suggests New Treatments for Heart Disease (1 of 2)

image: A blocked human coronary artery with a large necrotic region, which is now thought to be driven by the process of necroptosis. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 22, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by D. Karunakaran at University of Ottawa Heart Institute in Ottawa, ON, and colleagues was titled, "Targeting macrophage necroptosis for therapeutic and diagnostic interventions in atherosclerosis." view more 

Credit: Credit: R. Virmani, F. Kolodgie


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