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Editing cholesterol out of the blood
In patients with high cholesterol and at risk of cardiovascular disease, inhibitors of PCSK9 are useful in lowering lipid levels but must be dosed regularly. A recent study in Nature by Munsunuru and colleagues explores the possibility of permanently disrupting PCSK9 expression via in vivo CRISPR ge...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35602209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00011-5 |