Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for February 2016

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

High-cholesterol diet, eating eggs do not increase risk of heart attack, not even in persons genetically predisposed High-cholesterol diet, eating eggs do not increase risk of heart attack, not even in persons genetically predisposed

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of incident coronary heart disease. Furthermore, no association was found among those with the APOE4 phenotype, which affects cholesterol metabolism and is common among the Finnish population. The findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

MRC announces ‘rapid response’ to fast track research into Zika virus MRC announces ‘rapid response’ to fast track research into Zika virus

The UK Medical Research Council has announced a ‘Rapid Response’* call for research applications aimed at tackling the risk posed by the Zika virus.