Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 06:49
in Health & Medicine
In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR (The Netherlands) describes a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the amount of LDL cholesterol. This offers opportunities for supplementing and improving the effect of so-called statins: medicines that remove 'bad' cholesterol from the bloodstream.