Reengineering Life

A Gene-Editing Shot Could Protect Against Heart Attacks

The treatment successfully lowered cholesterol in monkeys

Emily Mullin
Published in
5 min readJun 30, 2020

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Photo ilustration, source: Teeramet Thanomkiat/EyeEm/Getty Images

Reengineering Life is a series from OneZero about the astonishing ways genetic technology is changing humanity and the world around us.

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Emily Mullin
OneZero

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.