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Study indicates promising new approach to prevent and treat cholesterol gallstones
Activation of constitutive androstane receptors (CARs) reduces biliary cholesterol and prevents stone formation according to a new report in The American Journal of Pathology

Date:
    March 13, 2017
Source:
    Elsevier Health Sciences
Summary:
    A new study reports on a promising new approach to prevent and treat cholesterol gallstone disease (CGD) that reduces the biliary output of cholesterol via activation of receptors present in tissues of the liver and small intestine.
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