Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol permanently

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Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol permanently (www.cnn.com)

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>With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study was extremely small — only 15 patients with severe disease — and was meant to test the safety of a new medication delivered by CRISPR-Cas9, a biological sort of scissor which cuts a targeted gene to modify or turn it on or off. Preliminary results, however, showed nearly a 50% reduction in low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, the “bad” cholesterol which plays a major role in heart disease — the No.1 killer of adults in the United States and worldwide.

Archive: https://archive.today/pkm6z From the post: >>With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study was extremely small — only 15 patients with severe disease — and was meant to test the safety of a new medication delivered by CRISPR-Cas9, a biological sort of scissor which cuts a targeted gene to modify or turn it on or off. Preliminary results, however, showed nearly a 50% reduction in low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, the “bad” cholesterol which plays a major role in heart disease — the No.1 killer of adults in the United States and worldwide.

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Well good because then we can all start having tissue integrity health problems like bone diseases, cardiovascular diseases, etc. It aint good when it's high, but it good when there's not enough of it either.

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