14
November
2017
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17:00
Asia/Singapore

Protein once thought harmless discovered to be main driver of kidney, heart failure

A breakthrough discovery was made by a team of researchers led by Prof Stuart Cook, Director of the Programme in Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disorders at Duke-NUS Medical School, on a protein called interleukin 11 (IL11), which is the main protein activating and speeding up the processes of kidney and heart failure. The revelation was unprecedented, breaking down all previous misconceptions of the protein being harmless and dormant in the process of fibrosis.