CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

[tara]

Husband and Wife Team Make Breakthrough Discovery

SYDNEY, Australia -- July 2, 1997 -- A husband and wife team have earned the reputation as the modern day Marie and Pierre Curie because of their discovery of a link between heart disease and a bacteria that generally causes respiratory tract infections.

Professor Pekka Saikku and Dr. Maija Leinonen of the National Public Health Institute in Finland DISCOVERED THE LINK BETWEEN THE BACTERIAL INFECTION, CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE and will present the impact of their research to the future treatment of coronary heart disease at a satellite symposium whilst also attending the 20th International Congress of Chemotherapy in Sydney, Australia.

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/2db82.htm