Regenerating Blood Vessels gets $2.7 Million Grant April 27, 2016 AUSTIN, Texas — Biomedical engineers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have received a three-year, $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to advance a promising treatment that could help millions of older Americans and people with diabetes affected by peripheral ischemia, a condition that restricts blood flow to muscles in the lower limbs. There are more than 3 million reported cases of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) annually in the United States. People over 65 years old, people with diabetes and smokers are most at risk for the condition, which causes peripheral ischemia. Aaron Baker, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and his r
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