• Shorter trips opens business possibilities
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM
    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 12 (UPI) -- Summer trips are likely to be shorter this year as U.S. consumers adjust their plans to rising gas prices, two Purdue University professors said Monday.
  • Woman, 90, found dead on toilet; 2 charged
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM
    NECEDAH, Wis., May 12 (UPI) -- A man and woman in Wisconsin face criminal charges after police found the decomposing body of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet, officials said.
  • Parvati Shallow wins 'Survivor'
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:39 AM
    LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- Parvati Shallow has been awarded the $1 million grand prize and title of sole survivor on "Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites."
» view more...
  • Shorter trips opens business possibilities
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM
    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 12 (UPI) -- Summer trips are likely to be shorter this year as U.S. consumers adjust their plans to rising gas prices, two Purdue University professors said Monday.
  • Woman, 90, found dead on toilet; 2 charged
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM
    NECEDAH, Wis., May 12 (UPI) -- A man and woman in Wisconsin face criminal charges after police found the decomposing body of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet, officials said.
  • Parvati Shallow wins 'Survivor'
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:39 AM
    LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- Parvati Shallow has been awarded the $1 million grand prize and title of sole survivor on "Survivor: Micronesia -- Fans vs. Favorites."
  • Walker's World: Georgia on my mind
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM
    By MARTIN WALKER
    UPI Editor Emeritus
    FRANKFURT, Germany, May 12 (UPI) -- Russia's new leadership is bullying Georgia because the Europeans and Americans are at odds; at risk is the only pipeline from the vast Caspian oil basin that is not under Russia's control.
  • Man hospitalized for tiger scratches
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:24 AM
    TOLEDO, Ohio, May 12 (UPI) -- A worker at Ohio's Toledo Zoo was hospitalized after a tiger reached across a barricade and scratched his chest, a zoo spokesman said.
  • 'Math geek' stigma repels students
    Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:20 AM
    LONDON, May 12 (UPI) -- Despite "math geeks" making millions during the dot.com era, the math geek stigma keeps many from studying mathematics, a British and Welsh study says.
» view more...

Antioxidant mechanism helps heart


Published: April 30, 2007 at 5:48 PM
Print story
Email to a friend
Font size:
ROCHESTER, Minn., April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers identified antioxidant mechanisms essential for regenerative function that paves the way to preventing heart disease.

Dr. Zvonimir Katusic and Mayo Clinic colleagues in Rochester, Minn., have identified antioxidant mechanisms essential for regenerative function of endothelial progenitor cells, or EPCs, according to findings presented during the 2007 Experimental Biology meeting in Washington.

"This work paves the way for successful harnessing of the therapeutic effect of EPCs in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases," Katusic said in a statement.

The endothelium is a single layer of cells that line the inner surface of blood vessels that protects tissues against the formation of blood clots in arteries and veins.

If the endothelium is not working properly, patients are at risk for developing heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and venous thrombosis, according to Katusic.

© 2007 United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any form.
Print story
Order reprints
Email to a friend
Post comment
» Next in Consumer Health Daily - Briefing: Resistance training works for rotator cuff