Novel Statin Nanotherapy (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Novel Statin Nanotherapy

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Mount Sinai's novel HDL nanoparticle (red), loaded with a statin drug, specifically targets and locally treats inflammatory macrophage cells (green) hiding inside high-risk plaque within blood vessels.

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