Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the Western industrialized world and claims more lives than the next four causes combined.[1] A major risk factor for this disease is elevated cholesterol levels.[2, 3] The current predominant therapy prescribes the use of statins, which lead to inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis in the liver.[3, 4] However, half of all patients undergoing current lipid-lowering treatments fail to reach their ...