New therapeutic strategy designed to help lower cholesterol levels (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

New therapeutic strategy designed to help lower cholesterol levels

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The new methodology is based on the ability of polypurine hairpins (PPRHs) to specifically stop gene transcription. From left to right, experts Verònica Noé and Carles J. Ciudad, professors at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), and Nathalie Pamir, from the University of Oregon in Portland (United States).

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UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

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