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Researchers Report Breakthrough in Lowering Cholesterol, Fatty Acids

Posted on January 14, 2008

January 14, 2008 (Newswise) Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada, have found a way to reduce the amount of bad cholesterol and fatty acids that end up in the blood from food the body metabolizes, a key discovery that could lead to new drugs to treat and reverse the effects of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease related to obesity. In a series of recently published articles,* Dr. Richard Lehner and his colleagues report they successfully decreased the level of LDL (low-density lipids) the so-called bad cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood of mice...

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