![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106230900im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Dominant Cholesterol-Metabolism Ideas Challenged by New Research
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August 16, 2007
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A team of researchers investigating cholesterol and lipid transport has performed experiments that cast serious doubt on the dominant hypothesis of how the body rids its cells of "bad" cholesterol and increases "good" cholesterol. Cholesterol metabolism is an area of intense inquiry because high levels of LDL cholesterol, or total cholesterol, put about half of all Americans at significant risk of heart disease.
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