Bad cholesterol promotes cancer
7th May 2014
By Amanda Davey
Too much low density lipoprotein not only increases the risk of coronary heart disease but it’s also been implicated as a risk factor for cancer.

Researchers from the University of Sydney have discovered that LDL regulates the machinery that controls cell migration, a major finding in the search to explain why cancer spreads throughout the body.
Study lead author, Associate Professor Thomas Grewal from the university’s Faculty of Pharmacy, said the research had