Angiogenesis is development of new blood vessels

Q.  Angiogenesis is related to
- Published on 11 Jul 16

a. Development of heart muscles
b. A stage in development of zygote
c. Development of new blood vessels
d. Development of Brain Neurons

ANSWER: Development of new blood vessels
 
  • Blood vessels form a network throughout the body to deliver the nutrients necessary to keep the tissues and organs alive and healthy.
  • The formation of this network is controlled by a process called angiogenesis.
  • Angiogenesis inhibition is commonly targeted in cancer treatment development that aims to starve tumours of the nutrients necessary for their survival.
  • In the heart, increasing angiogenesis can help heart pump function.
  • Finding a way to control angiogenesis not only provides a target for the development of anti-cancer therapies, but may also prove useful in similarly starving abnormal blood vessel growth elsewhere in the body, like in diabetic eye disease.
  • A gene named ‘Wars2’ is found to have profound effect on angiogenesis.

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