The new drug, called a CETP inhibitor, works by blocking the action of a protein which lowers levels of "good" cholesterol in the body.

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Torcetrapib aims to raise good cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein, by blocking the cholesterol ester transfer protein.

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By blocking a protein called the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), it prevents arteries from growing around tumors, literally starving them.

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All the drugs work by blocking the cholesterol ester transfer protein.

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Her experiments suggest that blocking the protein hit by gamma secretase will kill brain cells over the long term.

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Enbrel works by blocking a long-mysterious protein in the immune system known as tumor necrosis factor, or TNF.

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The drugs work by blocking an enzyme called factor 10a that helps spur the production of a crucial clot-promoting protein called thrombin.

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One of the most promising ways of increasing strength is by blocking a protein called myostatin that slows down muscle growth.

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All of the cholesterol drugs known as statins work by blocking the same drug target, a liver enzyme (enzymes are a kind of protein).

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Researchers got excited about HDL in the late 1990s because they found a way to raise it by blocking a molecule called cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP).

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