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Lipid metabolism

Lipid deposits (green) in brain immune cells (red) from mice with Alzheimer’s-like disease all but disappear (right) after the mice are treated with an experimental drug. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a form of cholesterol known as cholesteryl esters builds up in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like disease, and that clearing out the cholesteryl esters helps prevent brain damage and behavioral changes.

Lowering a form of brain cholesterol cuts Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice

The findings open the door to further studies that could have important implications regarding dietary recommendations and the production of meat substitutes.

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