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Breakthrough study finds clues for ‘silent’ stroke treatment – Health Europa
A team of scientists have uncovered the genes that are responsible for lacunar, or ‘silent’, strokes, pointing to clues for new treatments.
Silent strokes are a major cause of vascular dementia and difficult to treat. The findings from a decade-long study funded by the British Heart Foundation have discovered changes to 12 genetic regions in the DNA of people who have had a lacunar stroke a type of stroke caused by weakening of the small blood vessels deep within the brain.
Dr Matthew Traylor, first author of the study at Queen Mary University of London, said: “Genetics offers one of the few ways we can discover completely new insights…
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