Potential Atherosclerosis Drug Exhibits No Harmful Side-effects In Liver, Study in Journal of Lipid Research

ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2009) — Researchers have developed and tested a synthetic atherosclerosis drug that can reduce the build-up of dangerous blood vessel plaques without producing the side-effect of fatty liver disease (which leads to its own set of problems like diabetes). The encouraging results of this study in mice could lead to a new type of drug to treat or even prevent atherosclerosis.

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