UK Researcher Discusses High Blood Pressure Vaccine

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UK Researcher Discusses High Blood Pressure Vaccine

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LEXINGTON, KY. (Dec. 16, 2008) –

<http://www.mc.uky.edu/cvrc/index.html>University

of Kentucky Cardiovascular Research Center

director Alan Daugherty discusses the development

of a potential vaccine for high blood pressure in

the current issue of

<http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v26/n12/full/nbt1208-1327.html>Nature

Biotechnology, a leading publication in the realm of scientific research.

The article focuses on the debate over the safety

and efficacy of developing therapeutic vaccines

against high blood pressure, one of the key risk

factors for heart attack and stroke. A primary

concern among researchers is whether it is wise

to create an immune response to some of the body’s natural processes.

In the article, Daugherty helps to explain the

complexity of the issue, from the benefits of a

long-term solution to questions about whether a

vaccine is the best solution, and whether the

target for the vaccine, an enzyme found in the

bloodstream, is the real culprit of hypertension,

as the enzyme is also found in other parts of the

body, including bone marrow cells.

Daugherty is widely respected in his field and

most recently received the Distinguished

Achievement Award from the American Heart

Association scientific council on

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology in October.

A UK College of Medicine professor of medicine

and physiology, Daugherty is the Gill Foundation

chair in preventive cardiology and associate

chair of medicine for physician scientist training.

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