Along with a string of heart drug failures, it could make investors doubt the prospects for cholesterol medicines in clinical trials, making it harder for drug companies to finance new research in heart disease.

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If you're old enough to have played PC games for more than a decade, LucasArts (originally LucasFilm Games) likely has a permanent place in your heart after a string of legendary adventure and flight combat releases.

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At heart, the film is no different from a whole string of Hollywood movies centering on mysterious madmen who may be legendary heroes.

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Now, in an unexpected twist, a string of laboratory and genetic findings suggest that an old class of asthma drugs called leukotriene inhibitors might also help prevent heart attacks.

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