HEGELE PART OF WORLDWIDE STUDY

Robarts Research Institute scientist and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Robert Hegele participated recently in a worldwide study involving the genetic testing of more than 100,000 people has identified the genes that control lipid levels, in particular LDL (bad cholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol) and triglycerides.

It found 95 genes associated with lipid levels, including 59 identified for the first time. The study by the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, made up of more than 200 researchers worldwide and led by Sekar Kathiresan of Harvard Medical School is published in the August 2010 issue of Nature Genetics.

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