Protein injection triggers vessel repair

Retina blood lines regrow when treated with angiopoietin-1

Vessel Growth
GLIMPSING VESSEL GROWTH Diseased blood vessels regrow when treated with the protein angiopoietin-1, a new study shows.

Courtesy of Junyeop Lee, Gou Young Koh and Ook-Joon Yoo/Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. and Tech.

Once stifled by disease, blood vessels that feed the eye’s retina flourish anew when dosed with the protein angiopoietin-1, researchers report in the Sept.