/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10138/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-research-team-studies-how-calcium-compounds-accumulate-arteries-284352 <p><span>Team leader Marta Cerruti, using the tools of the Canadian Light Source, has examined the mineralized arteries of genetically modified laboratory mice and found that the pathway in the body that leads to what laypeople call “hardening of the arteries” is not what medical experts previously assumed.</span></p> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:07:08 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32911 at /newsroom