Anti-Inflammatory Prevents Heart Attacks
By vindicating theory, antibody result points to new approaches to protecting the heart
Science,
2017
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Would you pay a premium for a drug that could reduce heart disease and lung cancer? Early evidence suggests that a juvenile arthritis drug might offer hope to people at high risk for heart attacks and strokes. The anti-inflammatory properties of canakinumab might prevent atherosclerosis that leads to heart attacks. getAbstract suggests this article to those with an interest in the inflammation theory of heart disease.
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Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, a Science Magazine staff writer since 2002, attended Harvard University.
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