New advances in the hyperlipidemia treatment

Abstract

Current therapies of cardiovascular diseases have potency in reducing the risks. However, there are limitations and residual risks that remain. Non-adherence, drug resistance and side effects much often hinder the treatments that the optimal lipid level is often not reached in many patients. Recent advancement in medicine has allowed researchers to come up with a new strategy using antisense oligonucleotide and small-interfering RNA to target metabolic regulators present lipid metabolism which were once inaccessible and ‘undruggable’ by the conventional drugs.