LOS ANGELES — People who can’t take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may someday have an alternative drug option that works about as well. Three new studies show that antibodies developed to target specific proteins in cells can knock down LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, at a rate comparable to the highly successful statins, which go by brand names including Lipitor and Crestor.
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