A cheap vaccine could reduce high cholesterol and slash the risk of diseases like heart disease and stroke within 10 years. Researchers at the University of New School of Medicine (UNM) found that the injection lowered LDL (bad) cholesterol by nearly 30 percent in mice and monkeys, which the researchers described as 'promising'.The vaccine works by blocking the cholesterol-raising protein PCSK9 and would be given once a year if it makes it to pharmacy shelves. The researchers also predict it could cost less than $100 per dose.
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