Uni team's protein model wins regional award

URBANA – Low-density lipoproteins carry cholesterol to the arteries, causing heart disease. What if you could trick them with a protein that carries it to the liver and out of the body?

Well, you can't do that now, but a team of four teenagers have won a regional award for science that could be accomplished in the next 20 years in a program called ExploraVision.

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