{"id":204849,"date":"2025-01-29T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-discover-game-changing-therapy-to-combat-high-cholesterol"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:06:09","slug":"scientists-discover-game-changing-therapy-to-combat-high-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-discover-game-changing-therapy-to-combat-high-cholesterol","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover Game-Changing Therapy to Combat High Cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-game-changing-therapy-to-combat-high-cholesterol2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Using human stem cells, they found compounds that lower cholesterol without relying on the usual pathways, providing a fresh approach to treating the condition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>A Hidden Clue in the Mona Lisa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s <em>Mona Lisa<\/em> is one of the most famous paintings in the world. However, what many people don\u2019t know is that it may also hold a clue to a medical condition called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Experts believe that the subtle fat deposits visible on her hands, known as xanthomas, could be early evidence of this genetic disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using human stem cells, they found compounds that lower cholesterol without relying on the usual pathways, providing a fresh approach to treating the condition. A Hidden Clue in the Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world. However, what many people don\u2019t know is that it [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-media-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}