Atherosclerosis underlies most heart attacks and strokes and is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease rather than ...

Researchers have discovered that the smooth muscle cells that line the arteries of people with atherosclerosis can change into new cell types and develop traits similar to cancer that worsen the ...

Yet until now, few studies had examined the cancer-like properties of the cells and if these changes contributed to atherosclerosis. To learn more, Reilly and Pan closely tracked the development of ...

Scientists have designed an immunotherapy that reduces plaque in the arteries of mice, presenting a possible new treatment ...

Cardiologists have spent decades trying to stabilize the fatty plaques that clog arteries, but a new wave of immunotherapy is going after the diseased cells at the heart of the problem. In mice, an ...

Scientists have designed an immunotherapy that reduces plaque in the arteries of mice, presenting a possible new treatment strategy against heart disease. The novel therapy uses a lab-generated ...

DNA damage, stained red, accumulates as atherosclerosis progresses in mouse arteries. NEW YORK, NY--Columbia University researchers have found cells inside clogged arteries share similarities with ...

Researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new treatment. -Columbia University researchers ...