A mimic of 'good cholesterol' could someday treat cardiovascular and other diseases

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

A new type of "good cholesterol," made in the lab, could one day deliver drugs to where they are needed in the body to treat disease or be used in medical imaging, according to scientists. Their report on the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) mimic, which is easy to make in large amounts, appears in the journal ACS Nano.

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