Even in mice with a busted circadian clock and an unhealthy diet, carefully timed feeding overcomes the rodents’ predispositions for metabolic diseases.

The results could lead to a treatment to lower cholesterol in patients with hypercholesterolemia.

The Merck biochemist found the compound that led to a popular cholesterol-lowering drug.

A cholesterol-lowering drug significantly cut the risk of heart attack and stroke in a recent study. But is it worth the steep cost?

The company’s finger-prick tests yield cholesterol levels notably lower than results of traditional blood draw tests from two other large companies, according to a study.

Breakthrough Prizes of $3 million each go to five researchers in the life sciences, recognizing their pioneering work in optogenetics, disease-associated mutation analyses, and ancient DNA sequencing.

Researchers find that the potentially deadly virus uses cholesterol to gain access to cells.

A smaller Cas9 protein enables in vivo genome engineering via viral vectors.