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New way to kill lymphoma without chemotherapy - Scientists annihilated lymphoma by depriving it of a favorite food: HDL cholesterol. Northwestern researchers developed a new golden nanoparticle that's a replica of natural HDL. Acting like a secret double agent, the particle appears to the human lymphoma cell like natural HDL. But when the cell engages it, the particle plugs up the cell and blocks cholesterol from entering. The cell dies.