Heart disease: Putative medicines that mimic mutations

Nature advance online publication 23 August 2017. doi:10.1038/nature23544 Author: Sekar Kathiresan Molecules that block the activity or production of the protein ANGPTL3 have now been found to lower blood levels of lipoproteins and cholesterol in mice and healthy humans, mimicking the protective effects of genetic mutations in ANGPTL3.
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