When cholesterol accumulates in the wrong place, for example within the walls of an artery, it cannot be readily mobilized, and its presence eventually leads to the development of an atherosclerotic plaque.
[8] The gamma PNA could be inserted between strands of DNA or RNA to recognize sequences or elements that could potentially cause known diseases through its bifacial recognition.
[9] Some fungi are capable of producing secondary metabolites called mycotoxins which are toxic and affect human and animal health.
The toxicity of these mycotoxins were intensively studied and appeared to be affective in killing microbes as well as inhibiting/killing tumor cell growth.
A consequence of using mycotoxins against tumor cell growth in cancer treatment is an increase risk of mutations.