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University of Bristol: Diabetes breakthrough: gel-like sieve in blood vessels a new target for repairing damaged hearts

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The gel-like layer – called the glycocalyx – lines the inside of blood vessels and acts like a sieve to regulate how nutrients move from the blood to the heart and other tissues in the body. Professor Simon Satchell, Dr Yan Qiu and their team at the University of Bristol looked at mice with type […]