News - cholesterol and new route to grow cells

[Cowboyjim]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927123640.htm
Atherosclerosis -- the hardening of arteries that is a primary cause of cardiovascular disease and death -- has long been presumed to be the fateful consequence of complicated interactions between overabundant cholesterol and resulting inflammation in the heart and blood vessels. researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at institutions across the country, say the relationship is not exactly what it appears, and that a precursor to cholesterol actually suppresses inflammatory response genes. This precursor molecule could provide a new target for drugs designed to treat atherosclerosis

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927174917.htm
In a report recently published online in Nature Biotechnology, the research team showed for the first time that liver cells, thymus tissue and insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells, in an animal model, can thrive in lymph nodes despite being displaced from their natural sites.
Likewise, thymus tissue transplanted into the lymph node of mice that lacked the organ generated functional immune systems, and pancreatic islet cell transplants restored normal blood sugar control in diabetic animals.

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Cowboyjim wrote
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 123640.htm

Fascinating.
So it may not be the 'bad boy' cholesterol, then, but inflammation.
Something some have been saying for some time.

Geoff

ps with your forum name, you come across as someone 'riding shotgun' on up-to-date health topics.
You do a great job.
Did I watch too many Westerns in my misspent youth ?