# Genetic Link to Blood Vessel Disease Found

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**Created:** [July 27, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-link-to-blood-vessel-disease-found/314380 "2005-07-27T08:33:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-link-to-blood-vessel-disease-found/314380/1 "2005-07-27T08:33:28Z")

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[Isn’t this what killed John Ritter?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4717649.stm)

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> US scientists have found a gene linked to deadly diseases of the body’s main blood vessel, the aorta.
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> The University of Texas team hope their findings, published in Circulation, could lead to new tests and treatments.
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> Aortic aneurysm and dissection, where the artery weakens and can burst, kill about 6,000 UK people a year.