CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) Just Dropped Lipids Like It’s Hot 🧬 

Forget love potions and miracle diets — CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) just showed you can literally edit your cholesterol levels. That’s right, scientists at CRSP are now bioengineering the “bad” out of bad cholesterol — and the stock might finally be ready to rewrite its own DNA, too. 🧬🧬

💉 The Big Reveal: Lipids Have Entered Witness Protection

Yesterday, CRISPR Therapeutics announced positive Phase 1 data for CTX310®, a single-dose gene-editing therapy targeting ANGPTL3 — that’s science-speak for “the switch that controls triglycerides and LDL.”

And what did one infusion do?

📉 Triglycerides – 55% average cut (up to –84%)
📉 LDL – 49% average cut (up to –87%)
📉 ANGPTL3 protein – 73% lower on average (up to –89%)

All that from one treatment.
No shots every two weeks. No “did you remember your statin?” guilt texts. Just one IV and boom — you’re genetically unsubscribed from high cholesterol.

Even The New England Journal of Medicine got in on the excitement, publishing the trial the same day. When your results get fast-tracked from lab bench to NEJM, you know something special is in the Petri dish.

🚀 What the Experts Said (and What They Really Meant)

“If these findings are confirmed in larger studies, a one-time therapy could redefine how we manage lifelong lipid disorders.”
— Dr. Stephen Nicholls, Victorian Heart Institute

Translation: “We might finally make cardiologists obsolete.”

“Adherence to cholesterol-lowering therapy remains a major challenge…”
— Dr. Steven Nissen, Cleveland Clinic

Translation: “People are terrible at taking pills. Let’s just rewrite their DNA instead.”

“For the first time, we’ve shown that an in vivo CRISPR treatment can safely and durably lower ANGPTL3.”
— Dr. Naimish Patel, CMO, CRISPR Therapeutics

Translation: “We just edited cholesterol — mic drop.” 🎤

🧠 Reminder: CRISPR Isn’t New to Winning

This isn’t their first gene rodeo.
CRISPR already bagged the world’s first FDA-approved CRISPR therapy — CASGEVY® — for sickle-cell disease and beta thalassemia.

They’ve got:
🧬 CTX112™ / CTX131™: Gene-edited CAR T therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease
💗 CTX320™: Tackles Lp(a), another cardiovascular villain
💉 CTX211: Experimental Type 1 diabetes treatment
🧫 CTX460 / CTX340 / CTX450: Preclinical targets for rare and metabolic diseases

Basically, if your DNA sneezes wrong, CRISPR wants to fix it.

💰 But Wait — the Insider Already Told You So

Remember when board member and biotech rainmaker Dr. Simeon George dropped a $51 million insider buy this summer?
That wasn’t just pocket change — that was conviction.

👨🔬 Shares purchased: 989,812 @ $52.03
💸 Total owned after: 2 million shares
🧬 Ownership jump: +94%

At the time, we joked that when a director says, “Hold my pipette,” maybe it’s worth watching.

Now, a few months later, the Phase 1 data lands… and suddenly, Dr. George looks less like a dreamer and more like a DNA-level prophet.

Since our first FUNanc1al write-up in April ($39.30), the stock’s surged ~50%. Even since July’s insider-buy piece, CRSP is up again. Sometimes, you really can CRISPR your portfolio for the better.

🧬 What Makes CTX310 Special

Unlike earlier CRISPR work (editing blood cells outside the body), CTX310 edits genes directly inside your liver.
It uses lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — think microscopic delivery trucks — to drop CRISPR/Cas9 tools into hepatocytes, tweak the ANGPTL3 gene, and lower your lipids permanently.

That’s “edit once, benefit forever” medicine.
And that’s why this matters: it’s not just cholesterol. It’s proof that in vivo CRISPR works — safely, durably, and commercially.

If CTX310 scales, this could redefine treatment for millions with severe cholesterol disorders who hate daily meds or can’t tolerate statins.

🧩 The Investment Angle

At $60 ish per share (Nov 8), CRSP trades at roughly $5 B market cap with ~$1.7 B in cash.
That’s not cheap, but not insane either — far from it — for the company that invented a working CRISPR drug.

Risks remain — competition, burn rate, regulatory drag — but with human data now validating in vivo CRISPR, it’s hard to bet against progress.

And remember, biotech hype cycles swing like RNA strands: up, down, up again.

If not now, then when?

If the science doesn’t get hot soon…
🔥 Make Them CRISPR.

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Check our takes on UnitedHealth Group or even Oscar Health.

📊 Quick Take / TL;DR

• Stock: CRSP (Nasdaq)

• Catalyst: Phase 1 data for CTX310 – cholesterol gene editing success!

• Results: Up to –87% LDL + –84% triglycerides after 1 dose

• Safety: No serious adverse events 💉

• Insider Buy: $51 M by Dr. Simeon George — amongst others 🧬

• Market Mood: Finally warming up to gene editing stocks again, especially after Intellia Therapeutics's recent (and possibly excessive, temporary) meltdown (?) 🔥

• FUNanc1al Verdict: Science wins again — and so might the stock.

❓FAQ

Q: Is this actually safe?
A: Early data says yes — no severe side effects reported. But this is Phase 1, not a cholesterol-clearing party.

Q: One treatment for life?
A: That’s the dream. If durability holds up in Phase 2/3, statins might start collecting unemployment checks.

Q: Isn’t the stock volatile?
A: Absolutely. It’s biotech. Volatility is a feature, not a bug (or gene). Ask Intellia shareholders...

Q: Who benefits most if this works?
A: Everyone with bad genes, bad diets, or bad discipline. So… just about everyone (!)

😆 Parting Shot

CRISPR started by editing blood cells.
Now it’s editing blood chemistry.
If that’s not evolution, what is?

So, next time your portfolio looks sluggish, remember:
If the market won’t make you rich…
Make It CRISPR.

🧾⚠️📢 Fun/ny (but Serious) Disclaimer: 🧾⚠️📢

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