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New Drug Target Discovered for High Cholesterol
Published 2 days, 14 hours ago
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Scientists have cracked a new mystery behind high cholesterol: a protein called Ral shuts down your liver’s cleanup crew, leaving bad cholesterol unchecked. But here’s the breakthrough—blocking an enzyme called CTSA can reverse this damage and slash cholesterol in mice. And guess what? There’s already a human-tested drug that targets CTSA. This could mean faster, real-world treatment for patients who don’t respond to statins.
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