Saturday, August 13, 2005

Nobel Laureates solve 72 year old, dietary cholesterol puzzle

"72 years ago, the first evidence for end-product feedback regulation of a biosynthetic pathway was demonstrated when Rudolph Shoenheimer observed that mice synthesized large amounts of cholesterol when fed a low-cholesterol diet, but this synthesis stopped when the mice were fed cholesterol."

Nobel Laureates solve 72 year old, dietary cholesterol puzzle

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