hypergol t1_ivsegyu wrote on November 10, 2022 at 6:56 AM Reply to comment by FedXFtw in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver sure, there are plenty of diseases caused by gain of function (rather than loss of function) mutations. Parkinson’s disease is one: loss of the ASYN gene is pretty much fine, but mutations in the gene cause familial (early onset) Parkinson’s. Permalink Parent 9
hypergol t1_ivsegyu wrote
Reply to comment by FedXFtw in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver
sure, there are plenty of diseases caused by gain of function (rather than loss of function) mutations. Parkinson’s disease is one: loss of the ASYN gene is pretty much fine, but mutations in the gene cause familial (early onset) Parkinson’s.