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A gut microbe makes a fatty acid that cuts artery plaque in half in mice
A common gut bacterium produces a molecule that slows cholesterol production in the liver. When researchers gave the molecule to mice prone to artery disease, the animals developed roughly half as much fatty plaque as untreated controls.
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A common gut bacterium produces a molecule that slows cholesterol production in the liver. When researchers gave the molecule to mice prone to artery disease, the animals developed roughly half as much fatty plaque as untreated controls. The molecule acts on the same enzyme targeted by statins, the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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