November 12th, 2014
Newly Identified Mutations Act Like a Lifetime of Treatment with Ezetimibe
Larry Husten, PHD
A very large genetic study published in the New England Journal of Medicine offers compelling evidence in support of a central role for LDL cholesterol in coronary heart disease. In a series of studies analyzing blood samples from nearly 100,000 people, Sekar Kathiresan and colleagues identified 15 rare mutations that block the activity of a single gene — […]
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