Until, of course, they find the possibly hundreds of codons which
helpfully stop bad genes from reproducing...

-Adam

Russell McMahon wrote:

>FYI only
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>Stunning.
>Experimental non gene solution to mutated genes (including Cystic Fibrosis).
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>1/3 of health affecting human mutations are caused by a spurious stop codon
>which causes mRNA transcription to stop early and produce an incorrect
>protein.
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>It was found that the antibiotic Gentamicin blocked the action of stop
>codons in intermediate positions. They have now developed an experimental
>drug named PTC124 with the same action but far fewer side effects than
>Gentamicin.
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>Gene therapy without genes :-)
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>        http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994269
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>Has the prospect to treat a significant number of genetic diseases.
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>Russell McMahon
>Source: New Scientist.
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