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From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40681226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40681226 : > "Cyclodextrin promotes atherosclerosis regression via macr
by westurner 2y ago
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40681226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40681226 :
> "Cyclodextrin promotes atherosclerosis regression via macrophage reprogramming" (2016) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.aad6100 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.aad6100
> "Powdered Booze Could Fix Your Clogged Arteries" (2016)
https://www.popsci.com/compound-in-powdered-alcohol-can-also-treat-clogged-blood-vessels/ https://www.popsci.com/compound-in-powdered-alcohol-can-also...
FWIU, beta-cyclodextrin is already FDA approved, and injection of betacyclodextrin reversed arterio/atherosclerosis; possibly because our arteries are caked with sugar alcohol and beta-cyclodextrin absorbs alcohol.