Free ride for the blood

Arteriosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. Researchers are now fighting the vascular disease with new strategies.

by CLAUDIA EBERHARD-METZGER

Don't repeat - look! That was Leonardo da Vinci's motto for each of his projects, but above all for one that he was involved with from 1487 and that never let him go: the dissection of corpses. Da Vinci cut open dozens of women and men of all ages and recognized that the heart has four chambers and is far from an organ that heats blood - as was first thought - but a powerful muscle that pumps blood throughout

Free ride for the blood
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