New Project Seeks to Understand Vulnerable Plaque

Those who are most likely to die from coronary artery disease are those who have what is called "vulnerable plaque," a form of plaque prone to rupture. But as of now, little is known about how it forms, what causes it to rupture, and who is likely to get it. So, reports the New York Times, drug, genomics, health insurance and diagnostics companies are teaming up to fund a $30 million research program that hopes to get to the bottom of these questions.