Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels.
Therapeutic angiogenesis is a novel therapy involves injecting various growth factors, e.g., VEGF, bFGF, into the heart to improve myocardial blood flow and function. Philip Fisher , Reid Professor of English, will give this year's Christian Gauss Seminars at Princeton. The Gauss Seminars, given annually, consist of three lectures. Fisher is on leave this year and holds a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete his book on the passions.