| ▲ | Scientists have edited a gene that may reduce high cholesterol permanently(cnn.com) | |
| 5 points by 01-_- 16 hours ago | 1 comments | ||
| ▲ | ggm 16 hours ago | parent [-] | |
I'd love a more mechanistic description of how the gene works at the macro scale. It's doing an edit, fine. How does it get specificity to the liver cells managing homeostatis for hdl and ldl, and how does it get inserted or taken up and how long does the modified state persist and why does it persist or age out... | ||