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Therapy Spurs Growth of Blood Vessels, Harvard Health Letter, Vol. 23, p. 4-5, 1998.

I. Research has been done to prove that therapy can be the start of growth of blood vessels and may be able to help those with are suffering from heart disease. Some experts believe that angiogenic growth factors may become a treatment for people whose arteries are too small.

II. German researchers performed an investigation and injected a protein called FGF-1 in the arteries of 20 men and women during bypass surgery. Three months later, the x-rays showed that small vessels sprouted ou...

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