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Reductive stress linked to heart disease

08-09-2007 · EurekAlert!

Antioxidants are widely considered an important defense against heart disease, but University of Utah researchers have found excessive levels of one antioxidant -- reduced glutathione -- actually may contribute to the disease.The findings, published in the Aug. 10 issue of Cell, indicate a new class of drugs can be developed to treat or even prevent heart disease caused by "reductive stress," according to Ivor J. Benjamin, M.D., the study's principal author.

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