Clues about controlling cholesterol rise from yeast studies
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 13:14
in Health & Medicine
Having discovered how a lowly, single-celled fungus regulates its version of cholesterol, Johns Hopkins researchers are gaining new insight about the target and action of cholesterol-lowering drugs taken daily by millions of people to stave off heart attacks and strokes. Their work appears in the December issue of Cell Metabolism.