Atherosclerosis is a universal age-related condition in which fatty plaques grow in blood vessel walls, eventually rupturing to produce a heart attack or stroke. Even prior to that, reduced blood flow due to narrowed arteries contributes to heart failure and numerous other age-related conditions. The chronic inflammation that accompanies aging is a contributing factor in the development of atherosclerosis, but efforts to suppress inflammation have so far produced results that are only in the same ballpark as the effects of statins and…
Adoptive Transfer of Regulatory T Cells as a Way to Treat Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a universal age-related condition in which fatty plaques grow in blood vessel walls, eventually rupturing to produce a heart attack or stroke. Even prior to that, reduced blood flow due to narrowed arteries contributes to heart failure and numerous other age-related conditions. The chronic inflammation that accompanies aging is a contributing factor in the development of atherosclerosis, but efforts to suppress inflammation have so far produced results that are only in the same ballpark as the effects of statins and…