The Scientist : Statins can block inflammation [1/6/2001]

Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010601-04

1 June 2001

Finding anti-inflammatory drugs with higher specificity and fewer side effects than steroids is of considerable importance for clinicians in many fields of medicine. In May Nature Medicine Gabriele Weitz–Schmidt and colleagues from Novartis Pharma AG in Switzerland report that statin compounds commonly used for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia have anti-inflammatory properties which can be enhanced by optimisation of the statin molecule.

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