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Published online 31 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.999
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"in trials to cut levels of high-density lipoprotein, or ‘bad’ cholesterol" - I'm sure that she meant to write 'low-density lipoprotein', which was the target. Interestingly, again, one sees that the surrogate markers for many disease processes can be portals to unexpected, and often unwanted, results.