Skin Cell Model Advances Study of Genetic Mutation Linked to Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
UT Southwestern Medical CenterUsing a new skin cell model, researchers have overcome a barrier that previously prevented the study of living tissue from people at risk for early heart disease and stroke. This research could lead to a new understanding of disease progression in aortic aneurysm – ballooning of the large artery in the chest that carries blood from the heart to the body.