Folks with hereditary high cholesterol would be able avoid lifelong medication.
  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Yeah, but then you get to have the side effects of having had done crispr gene editing. Have they really gotten that down to a two week sniffle?

    • eyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Probably better than dying, high cholesterol is responsible for 7.1% of deaths in England alone. In 2022 that’s something like 40k deaths a year that could have been elimated.