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...research, conducted by scientists at Harvard, the University of Michigan, and the University of North Carolina, may be used in the future to help develop specifically targeted cholesterol medications...
...study, published this week in Nature Genetics, also verified the role of 11 previously discovered genes that work to modify cholesterol levels...
...researchers identified 18 regions of the genome that account for about 25 percent of the variance in blood cholesterol levels, according to Abecasis...
...This begins to explain why people can have the same diet and exercise patterns and have different cholesterol numbers,” he said...
Increased levels of cholesterol, a lipid found in cell membranes, have been shown to promote hardening of the arteries, which can lead to cardiovascular disease...