An Experimental Single-Time Treatment Slashed Cholesterol for a Year

A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.An illustration of “bad” cholesterol molecules, in yellow, binding to receptors, in blue-purple. In the study, patients saw their “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels drop by up to 50 percent — and remain steady a year later.