New hope to fight atherosclerosis.
one should know about a new molecule(glycosphingolipid, or GSL) present in all cell membranes and plays active part in regulating cell growth and  cholesterol metabolism.

"Current cholesterol-lowering medications tackle the problem on a single front -- either by blocking cholesterol synthesis or by preventing the body from absorbing too much of it.

But the new find molecule that existed in humans, D-PDMP appears to work by interfering with a constellation of genetic pathways that regulate fat metabolism on multiple fronts -- from the way cells derive and absorb cholesterol from food, to the way cholesterol is transported to tissues and organs and is then broken down by the liver and excreted from the body.