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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
People with diabetes develop early and severe heart disease, specifically atherosclerosis, a condition in which plaque builds up inside the arteries. Alisa Clyne, a mechanical engineer by training, wants to better understand the biomechanics of this process.
"We know people with diabetes get these plaques but not why they are more severe with diabetes," says Clyne, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University. "Could there be a mechanical aspect to it?"
The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientist specifically is studying the behavior of endothelial cells, which form the inner layer of blood vessels, and which "sense the mechanics of their environment and respond to it," she says. "They are exposed to a variety of mechanical forces, mostly from blood flow."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-mechanical-blood-vessels-diabetes-resulting.html
Erm, it's not inevitable that 'People with diabetes develop early and severe heart disease'...🙄
"We know people with diabetes get these plaques but not why they are more severe with diabetes," says Clyne, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University. "Could there be a mechanical aspect to it?"
The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientist specifically is studying the behavior of endothelial cells, which form the inner layer of blood vessels, and which "sense the mechanics of their environment and respond to it," she says. "They are exposed to a variety of mechanical forces, mostly from blood flow."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-mechanical-blood-vessels-diabetes-resulting.html
Erm, it's not inevitable that 'People with diabetes develop early and severe heart disease'...🙄