Search for novel biomarkers indicating early cardiovascular disease risk wins funding

Search for novel biomarkers indicating early cardiovascular disease risk wins funding

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Heart Disease Weekly -- San Antonio, Texas () - Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientists have been granted funding from the National Institutes of Health to pursue a promising study on the ultimate causes of heart disease and metabolic disorders. Principal Investigators Raul A. Bastarrachea, MD, and Jack W. Kent Jr., Ph.D., of Texas Biomedical Research Institute have designed the GEMM Family Study (Genetics of Metabolic Diseases in Mexico).

The GEMM Family Study examines volunteers from 10 university hospital sites in Mexico. Blood samples and tissue samples collected from participants are analyzed at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

Healthy adults provide baseline blood samples and muscle biopsies at fasting. Then, they are given what’s …

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(2017-12-03), Search for novel biomarkers indicating early cardiovascular disease risk wins funding, Heart Disease Weekly, 87, ISSN: 1532-4613, BUTTER® ID: 014742906