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A gene editing technique shows promise for lowering LDL cholesterol
PHILADELPHIA — Ten patients enrolled in the experimental drug trial, and they were the sickest of the sick. All had a genetic disorder that cranks up levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood. Known as “bad cholesterol,” LDL cholesterol is infamous for clogging arteries. The patients’ disorder, called heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, can lead to severe heart…
Rare gene variants can change your height by up to 7 centimetres
Our height is mainly influenced by our genetics rather than environmental factors, such as nutrition AHPhotoswpg/Getty Images Nearly 30 rare gene variants that decrease people’s height by up to 7 centimetres, or raise it by up to 5 cm, have been discovered by analysing the genomes of more than 300,000 individuals. “The variants I found,…