title: Mighty minipig in fight against cardiovascular disease.
abstract: A cloned transgenic minipig model of hypercholesterolemia and accelerated atherosclerosis could accelerate discovery of new therapies for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (Al-Mashhadi et al., this issue).
authors.affiliation: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Anandita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwala
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Billheimer
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rader
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods