My lab studies the disease atherosclerosis, which is the underlying basis of most heart attacks and stroke. We’re particularly interested in mechanisms that contribute to formation of this protective fibrous cap, which overlies the lesion and walls it off, so you don’t have clot formation. —Gary Owens, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
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