Newly discovered gene regulates balance of 'bad' cholesterol

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 23:07 in Health & Medicine

In an article in Science, Noam Zelcer from the LACDR 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...

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