Abhiram Rao: PCSK9 & Drug Safety Prediction Less Abstract

We look at Stanford grad student, Abhiram Rao's study on a gene named PCSK9, which makes a protein involved in cholesterol regulation. We pick apart his abstract to see how he used genomics to show that PCSK9 inhibitor drugs could protect against stroke. See the original article at: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCGEN.118.002162