Torcetrapib aims to raise good cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein, by blocking the cholesterol ester transfer protein.
Merck unveiled another kind of HDL-raiser, a drug to inhibit the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP).
There is, however, at least one casualty: The favorite joke of Ester Levanon, CEO of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange.
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Ester, who's said to be 285 years old, is a powerful spiritual guide who helps former slaves find true freedom.
"If the tornado would have come an hour-and-a-half later, we would have been caught in it, " the Reverend Ester Bass told CNN.
"We're all still in shock, " said Ester Maxman, a local resident who had watched Friday as traffic trickled through Boston's normally bustling downtown streets.
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Playing Ester on stage is a physically and emotionally demanding role.
Rashad plays Aunt Ester, the first female lead in Wilson's series.
All the drugs work by blocking the cholesterol ester transfer protein.
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).
Merck and Roche are also developing other HDL-raising drugs that work by inhibiting the cholesterol-ester transfer protein, similar to a Pfizer drug that failed several years ago.
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"If the tornado would have come an hour and a half later, we would have been caught in it, " said Senior Pastor Ester Bass, referring to Wednesday night services.
"Everything needs to be a hook, " said Blanco, who snagged the Songwriter of the Year Award at the BMI Pop Awards in 2012 along with Ester Dean and Pitbull.
Both work by inhibiting an obscure molecule called the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) that works indirectly to prevent HDL from being used to create low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the bad cholesterol.
Ester Fuchs, a public affairs professor at Columbia University who has advised Mayor Michael Bloomberg on policy, said Mr. Catsimatidis at least deserves credit for suggesting ideas, something the rest of the field has shied away from.
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