Gene editing appears to be helping folks who suffer from familial hypercholesterolemia, like me.

In the article, they talk about folks who have a worse version of it than I do. 😔 Mine is heterozygous for one thing, and I think only my PCSK9 is affected. The PCSK9 inhibitors do work for me. So I'm probably not a candidate for gene editing for now.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/lower-cholesterol-patients-got-one-time-tweak-genes-rcna263736

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To lower cholesterol, these patients got a one-time tweak to their genes

Christos Soteriou was 29 when he needed a quadruple bypass surgery.

NBC News