Researcher Dr John Kastelein, from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, said the only side effect of the drug was some mild stomach problems.

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Now that theory has been tested by scientists at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam.

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John Kastelein of the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam was lead investigator of the ENHANCE study.

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