Genome editing reduces cholesterol in animals, humans could be next
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 16:20
in Biology & Nature
Using genome editing to inactivate a protein called PCSK9 effectively reduces cholesterol levels in rhesus macaques, a species of monkey, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This is the first demonstration of a clinically relevant reduction of gene expression in a large animal model using genome editing. […]