UPI

Study: ACE inhibitors may impact body's ability to fight bacterial infections

July 28 (UPI) --Some drugs prescribed to people with high blood pressure and congestive heart failure weaken the immune system's ability to fight off bacterial infections, a study published Wednesday ...
EurekAlert!

Study shows both natural variation in ACE concentrations and lowering blood pressure with ACE inhibitors are associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes

New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 September) shows that usage of angiotensin-converting ...
Kaleido Scope

Balentine honored for Virtual ACE research at American Geriatrics Society meeting

Dr. Courtney Balentine presents his research poster on Virtual Acute Care for Elders at the American Geriatric Society Annual Scientific Meeting in Portland, Oregon, May 2-4, 2019. Dr. Courtney ...
ALZFORUM

New ACE Variant Speeds Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Mice

Taking certain hypertension medications has been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but does that happen via lower blood pressure, or some other way? In the September 30 Science ...
News Medical

Study finds that ACE-2 is not biochemically required for SARS-CoV2 membrane fusion

A study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server tested the hypothesis that the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is not ...