Cholesterol increases risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease

Monday, April 15, 2013 - 18:10 in Health & Medicine

Using insights gained from studying two much rarer disorders, Down Syndrome and Niemann Pick-C disease, researchers found that cholesterol wreaks havoc on the orderly process of cell division, leading to defective daughter cells throughout the body.

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