Heart attacks are as American as hot dogs and easily more common than fast-food joints. While changes in the nation’s diet are slowly under way to pre-empt the disease, scientists are scrambling to find ways to treat or cure it, in the hope of reducing the swelling numbers added daily to the body count. “Nanoburrs,” developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School may contribute toward solving this huge problem.
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Tiny Nanoburrs Stick to Damaged Arteries and Repair Tissue
Posted by: Pam Baker January 21, 2010 10:54 AMHeart attacks are as American as hot dogs and easily more common than fast-food joints. While changes in the nation’s diet are slowly under way to pre-empt the disease, scientists are scrambling to find ways to treat or cure it, in the hope of reducing the swelling numbers added daily to the body count. “Nanoburrs,” developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School may contribute toward solving this huge problem.