An Update on Progress at Repair Biotechnologies, Developing Means to Regress Atherosclerotic Plaque (opens in new tab)

Atherosclerosis is the development of fatty plaques that narrow blood vessels and eventually rupture to cause a stroke or heart attack, the most common cause of human mortality. Atherosclerotic plaque is a consequence of a runaway process of failure in the behavior of cells responsible for clearing excess cholesterol from blood vessel walls. Cholesterol is needed by every cell in the body, but largely only manufactured in the liver. A complex system of transport particles moves cholesterol to...