Cholesterol-lowering jab could help prevent heart attacks

Promising early research shows the injection can direct immune system to lower cholesterol

A new vaccination that prevents heart attacks and could provide an effective alternative to statins is being developed by Austrian scientists.

mmune system to lower cholesterol – and if given yearly to at-risk patients, may help keep arteries clear and reduce the risk ofheart disease.

Patients have been enrolled into an early-stage clinical trial to see if the approach, so far tested on mice, will work in humans.

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