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Scientists Reverse Muscular Dystrophy In Dogs
Al writes "Scientists have taken a step toward developing a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by successfully treating the condition in dogs using a novel genetic technique. The scientists used a method called exon skipping, which involves adding a genetic 'patch' to block transcription of a portion of the gene involved in DMD. This puts the remaining genetic sequence back in order, essentially creating a much less severe version of the condition. The scientists recorded some remarkable video footage showing the resulting improvements in several dogs with naturally-occurring DMD. More work is needed before the treatment can be given to humans, however, because DMD sufferers often have different genetic mutations."
wait slashdotters don't use IE... Imposter! Who are you and what have you done with the owner of that computer!
"IE"? What is that? I cannot recall... :P
It's more commonly known as "the Firefox downloading tool".
For some reason, I read the headline as "Scientists Reverse Muscular Dystrophy in Frogs". Reading that, I thought, "Well no wonder the French love Jerry Lewis".
Nuh-uh. Did you ever see 28 Days Later?
Zombies. The worst thing that could go wrong are zombies.
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If I quit every job I had every time someone higher up decided something stupid, I would be permanently unemployed.
It's called "work" for a reason. If it was fun, it would be called "fun", and financial compensation would not be required...
"But this one goes to 11!"