Genetic Link to Blood Vessel Disease Found

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Isn’t this what killed John Ritter?

US scientists have found a gene linked to deadly diseases of the body’s main blood vessel, the aorta.

The University of Texas team hope their findings, published in Circulation, could lead to new tests and treatments.

Aortic aneurysm and dissection, where the artery weakens and can burst, kill about 6,000 UK people a year.