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NIH-Supported Study Finds Novel Pathway May Open Doors for New Blood Pressure Treatments – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. According to the CDC, about 1 in 3 adults in the U-S has high blood pressure. High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, the first and third leading causes of death. Now a new study shows that increasing certain proteins in the blood vessels of mice lowers the animal’s blood pressure. Dr. Darryl Zeldin at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences explains.
Zeldin: The most exciting thing about this study is it shows how findings can be translated from humans to mice and then back to humans – to try to develop new ways to treat this disease of enormous public health importance.
Narrator: For details, visit www.niehs.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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