Scientists representing the Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Discovery, led by Masanobu Komatsu, have found a way to repair damaged blood vessels. Scientific work published on the pages of EurekAlert.

Angiogenesis is the process of formation of new blood vessels from existing ones in a tissue or organ.. Studies have shown that activation of the Akt protein kinase with the R-Ras protein is necessary for their appearance.. In this case, the formation of a tubular hole with a hollow structure is started, allowing oxygen to move throughout the body along with the blood..

In his work, Masanobu Komatsu used 3D modeling and observation of living tissue, where it can be clearly seen that VEGF promotes vascularization, but the formation of new vessels is chaotic and non-functional..

In this case, a new approach is needed, which is to develop a combination of Akt signaling activated by VEGF. This will be the next step in the work of scientists.

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