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HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, better known as statins, are medications taken to lower cholesterol levels. Examples of statins include Lipitor (atorvastatin), lovastatin, and Zocor (simvastatin).

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AstraZeneca has bought rights to an orally-active drug that inhibits PCSK9, offering a patient-friendly alternative to current cholesterol-lowering therapies that have to be delivered via a needle.

Cutting-edge fluorescent cholesterol probes now enable scientists to visualize cholesterol movement and distribution in live cells with unprecedented detail. By combining computer simulations with ...

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Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment.