..the REALITY of Redemption ...The realization that genes are surrounded by an entourage of promoters and suppressors—call them gene whisperers—expands the list of possible targets for intervention considerably. In cystic fibrosis, for example, we’ve discovered the genetic mutation that causes disease, but we’ve been unable to repair it. Using the new approach, researchers might defuse not the mutant gene itself but one of the bits of DNA responsible for greenlighting the bad gene’s expression.
..the REALITY of Redemption ...The realization that genes are surrounded by an entourage of promoters and suppressors—call them gene whisperers—expands the list of possible targets for intervention considerably. In cystic fibrosis, for example, we’ve discovered the genetic mutation that causes disease, but we’ve been unable to repair it. Using the new approach, researchers might defuse not the mutant gene itself but one of the bits of DNA responsible for greenlighting the bad gene’s expression.
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