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Post hoc analysis: alirocumab benefits HeFH and T3HLP patients Results from the German MILOS cohort demonstrate real-world effectiveness and safety of bempedoic acid PCSK9 inhibitors are unlikely to contribute to mood disorders PCSK9 inhibitors may be effective treatment for PAD PACMAN-AMI: new data on lesion-level effects of lipid lowering AT-TARGET-IT shows reduced CV risk with early PCSK9i in ACS

Kiran Musunuru Articles

What does the future hold for CRISPR base editing of PCSK9?

Kiran Musunuru, Professor and Genetics Researcher at University of Pennsylvania, USA discusses the prospects for a one-shot “vaccination” against heart attacks, the leading cause of death worldwide. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing has evolved rapidly to allow for testing in a…

Posted on 16 December 2021 | Posted by Kiran Musunuru | Posted in Expert views, Videos

Is a ‘once-and-done’ approach to LDL lowering feasible?

Reports from the 15th Virtual Closed Scientific Expert Meeting of the Editorial Board Professor Kiran Musunuru

Posted on 16 December 2021 | Posted by Kiran Musunuru | Posted in Hot topics, 15th Closed Scientific Expert Meeting of the Editorial Board

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