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Relevant research at Children's Hospital Boston focuses on the nature of compounds in the cerebrospinal fluid that promote new blood vessel growth. In Moyamoya, the goal is to encourage such growth, but the research also has applications to many diseases, such as cancer, where it would be beneficial to slow or stop the growth of new blood vessels.
Other areas of research include understanding the genetic component of moyamoya and identifying telltale proteins present in blood and urine that could provide an early signal for the presence of the disease.
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