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Houston Methodist researchers have discovered that certain components of so-called “good” cholesterol -- high-density lipoproteins (HDL) – may be associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The research team describe their findings in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Journal of Lipid Research. Read more. 

A concerning increase in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics has a team of infectious disease researchers at Houston Methodist studying a recently emerged strain of bacteria called Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis. These infections range in severity from strep throat to flesh-eating disease. The findings of this study are described in a paper in the journal mBio. Read more.