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New Treatment Cuts “Bad” Cholesterol in Half for a Full Year


A single infusion of an experimental CRISPR-Cas9 therapy was reported to safely lower LDL cholesterol by 52.5% and triglycerides by 47.8%, as measured 12 months after treatment.

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