Experts say that the gene therapy could prove 'transformative' for patients by preventing future heart attacks or strokes.

Twice a year, a nurse slides a small needle under the skin of your upper arm. Thirty seconds later, you are done. No daily ...

High levels of LDL cholesterol increase the risk of plaque buildup in blood vessels, which can block blood flow to the heart.

A single infusion of experimental therapy may permanently switch off a cholesterol gene linked to heart attacks. And it could ...

An experimental one-time gene editing therapy significantly lowered LDL cholesterol in an early-stage trial, raising hopes ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN) announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the approval of Praluent ® (alirocumab) as ...

While currently available PCSK9 inhibitor medications to lower cholesterol must be administered every few weeks by injection, a new, investigational PCSK9 inhibitor called recaticimab safely lowered ...

Patients unable to control their cholesterol levels with medications may someday be able to lower their "bad" cholesterol with a shot, according to research presented at the American Heart Association ...

Researchers used tiny DNA-based molecules to cut levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol by nearly 50% in animal models. This was done without the side effects that are often linked to statins.