In 2022 a patient with familial hypercholesterolaemia was given an infusion of a base-editing treatment as part of a trial.

2022 年，作为试验的一部分，一名家族性高胆固醇血症患者接受了碱基编辑治疗的输注。

Inhabitants of Gran Canaria, meanwhile, an island off the north-western coast of Africa, are far more likely than average to have familial hypercholesterolaemia, a condition where the liver cannot process cholesterol effectively.

与此同时，位于非洲西北海岸的大加那利岛的居民患家族性高胆固醇血症的几率远高于平均水平，这是一种肝脏无法有效处理胆固醇的疾病。