Lovastatin: a new weapon against plague?

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 13:24 in Health & Medicine

An experimental study has revealed that lovastatin, a drug prescribed for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, protects animals against the deadly effects of plague. This infectious disease is on the upsurge in parts of the world. These results obtained by French scientists at the Unite de Recherche have been published in the journal PLoS ONE.

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