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Founded by Judah Folkman, MD, the Vascular Biology Program is dedicated to the study of a large number of pathological conditions that are characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth. These conditions include virtually all cancers, degenerative eye diseases including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, and obesity. The program is responsible for the development of new anti-cancer drugs that target the process of angiogenesis, or the production of new blood vessels, to support growing tumors.

Featured researchers in the Vascular Biology Program hold faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School.

Latest Research in Vascular Biology Program:
ResearcherFocus Area
Bielenberg, Diane, PhD (Lymph) angiogenesis and metastasis
Bischoff, Joyce, PhD Hemangiomas
Chan, Joanne, PhD Zebrafish angiogenesis
D'Amato, Robert, MD, PhD Genetics of angiogenesis
Thalidomide
D'Amore, Patricia, PhD Abnormal blood vessels in the eye
Folkman, Judah, MD Angiogenesis
Ingber, Donald, MD, PhD Cell mechanics and structure
Klagsbrun, Michael, PhD Angiogenesis factors/inhibitors
Moses, Marsha A., PhD Regulation of angiogenesis
Urinary proteomics
Rogers, Michael S., PhD Genetic modifiers of the angiogenic response and the role of anthrax toxin receptors in angiogenesis
Shing, Yuen, PhD Angiogenesis
Smith, Edward, MD Primary brain tumors and cerebrovascular disease
Watnick, Randolph, PhD Metastasis in the tumor microenvironment
Zetter, Bruce, PhD Prostate cancer
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