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Aneurysm treatments expand

Abdominal aortic aneurysms arise from chronic, irreversible destruction of connective tissue. A promising pharmacologic approach not only suppresses development of aneurysms, but also induces regression (pages 1330–1338).

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Figure 1: Aneurysms regress after inhibition of JNK activation.

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Thompson, R. Aneurysm treatments expand. Nat Med 11, 1279–1281 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1205-1279

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