Research Highlights: In a Phase 1, first-in-human trial, a one-time infusion of an investigational CRISPR-Cas9 therapy targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) was safe and reduced LDL cholesterol by nearly 50% and reduced triglycerides by...
    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
      101·
      27 days ago

      Lol, so your claim is that people with excessive cholesterol levels require it because they are making more brain…?

      No is claiming you shouldn’t have any cholesterol in your blood, just that there isn’t reason to have an elevated amount.

      If your body actually needed the excess lipids being produced it wouldn’t be saturated in the blood, it would be getting used.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        26 days ago

        I didn’t say to eat the cholesterol. Eating cholesterol isn’t the primary driver of blood cholesterol levels. Saturated fats are.