We are into the age of testing gene editing on humans when it comes to looking into heart disease issues.

Earlier this month a New Zealander was the first person to be injected with gene-editing instructions to try and modify a single part of their DNA to stop it producing bad cholesterol.

It has been used on monkeys in the past, which resulted in a 70 percent reduction in cholesterol levels.

Dr. Andrew Bellinger is the chief scientific and medical officer of Verve Therapeutics and he joined Mike Hosking.

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