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First-In-Human Trial Of CRISPR Gene-Editing Therapy Safely Lowered Cholesterol, Triglycerides
Submitted 3 days ago by AfterNova@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-human-trial-crispr-gene-145600945.html
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Beacon@fedia.io 3 days ago
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 3 days ago
Shit's going to get pretty weird imo. Hopefully it isn't used for eugenics purposes (it probably will be, let's be honest). I don't think that people should be able to change so many things that they become unrecognizable, but I can understand changing a few things per person, voluntarily, obviously.
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
There are a lot more problems in trying to create the infrastructure to enforce sanctioned uses of any readily accessible technology than there is in the use of said tool. The people who want to do the most harm inevitability wind up in the oversight position, while society tends to create enforcement mechanisms at a social, interpersonal level organically already.
Beacon@fedia.io 3 days ago
I believe in bodily autonomy. People should be able to do whatever they want to their own body.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Why would you lower cholesterol?
The body literally makes it because you need it. People with high cholesterol live longer…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11901585/
Youd wanna lower arterial plaque so cholesterol doesnt get stuck?
An arterial calcium scan is the best indicator for heart disease etc.
Not cholesterol.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 days ago
For what?
I don’t think that’s really a conclusive study. It only focuses on people who are already 80 or older and ignores the majority of people who suffer from cardiovascular issues that don’t make it to their eighties because of it.
From this study you could also conclude that people who have a natural resistance to high cholesterol live longer.
Plaque forms when cholesterol lodges to the walls of arteries. This happens at a greater rate when you have more lower density cholesterol in your blood.
But calcium buildups are formed from clacified plaque, which is made from cholesterol…
If all forms of high cholesterol were really beneficial Americans would modern day Methuselahs.
mholiv@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You need to reach out to the scientists to let them know! You could save lives with your insight!
Beacon@fedia.io 3 days ago
No dude, you're WAAAAAAY overstating what that paper says.