Cholesterol's Link To Heart Disease Not So Simple

By considering molecular-level events on a broader scale, researchers now have a clearer and more complicated picture of how one class of immune cells goes wrong when loaded with cholesterol. The findings reported in Cell Metabolism show that, when it comes to the development of atherosclerosis and heart disease, it's not about any one bad actor—it's about a network gone awry. The new findings also highlight a pretty remarkable thing: researchers still aren't sure how cholesterol causes heart disease. read more

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