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Has Cuba Cured Heart Disease? The Policosanol Story

Monday, March 9, 2009

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Has Cuba Cured Heart Disease?  The Policosanol Story

Immediately after Castro came to power in 1959, the Cuban Institute for Research on Sugar Cane Derivatives (ICIDCA) was formed and began studying - as you might imagine from the name - products that could be derived from sugar cane. They found one compound - called policosanol - that showed promise. This is that compound's story.

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