Cholesterol

Just one Rika was able to reduce bad cholesterol levels by up to 80% through genetic editing. Illustration: Dr. Roy Tsezana via Gemini

A one-shot genetic vaccine for heart disease? One-time treatment reduced bad cholesterol by up to 80%

Just one injection has been shown to reduce bad cholesterol levels by up to 80% through gene editing. New research could pave the way for long-term preventive treatments against heart disease.
Helix-shaped cholesterol crystals. Digital processing of data obtained from four different crystals in different cells using soft x-ray imaging under cold conditions (cryo-SXT)

The bad crystal

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The plant Arabidopsis, after genetic engineering (right) during which 11 genes involved in the production of cholesterol were inserted into it, produces cholesterol in a quantity 15 times greater than a normal white Arabidopsis (left). Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

green cholesterol

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The compound 27HC may be associated with breast cancer Photo: Cancer Culprit

Has a new cause of breast cancer been found? / Melinda Wenner Moyer

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Professor Michael Aviram; Director of the Lipid Research Laboratory at the Rappaport Technion Faculty of Medicine and the Rambam Medical Center.

Discovery: the biological clock that regulates cholesterol levels and blood oxygenation

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Pomegranate. Photo: shutterstock

Adding the pomegranate fruit to statin therapy contributes to the delay in heart disease

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Narrowing of arteries due to excess cholesterol. Illustration: shutterstock

Technion researchers have developed a chemical molecule that helps lower blood cholesterol instead of statins

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Dr. Kobi Nachmias. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A new development reduces the formation of bad cholesterol by 42% after a high-fat meal

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Prof. Naim Shahada (left) and Dr. Gal Neuman at the Rambam clinic. Photo: Piotr Plitar.

Sons ate unripe, the teeth of fathers will be priests

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Prof. Zvi HaCohen. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

A new mutation of algae may lower blood pressure and cholesterol and thereby reduce the risk of heart attacks

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

PLAC test - a new test to detect hidden risk of heart attack and stroke

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A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Synthetic HDL - a new weapon in the war against cholesterol problems

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