Heart disease research (IMAGE)

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Heart disease research

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Sumita Mishra (right) confers with research assistant Vivek Chandler as he prepares materials under a biosafety cabinet in the Mishra laboratory at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Mishra’s research has identified changes in gene regulation as a key factor in increased cardiovascular risk after menopause. 

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