This is really interesting and gene therapy is really promising. But what do you think about the nth order effects of potentially altering a single gene? The body is an incredibly interconnected system. I can definitely see the potential in disease defined by single genetic defects... but might get trickier for multi-gene driven diseases
I think that’s the issue right now. Single gene mutations are a lot easier to treat but multi-gene interactions would get really complicated really early. Still, and exciting area of research!
This is really interesting and gene therapy is really promising. But what do you think about the nth order effects of potentially altering a single gene? The body is an incredibly interconnected system. I can definitely see the potential in disease defined by single genetic defects... but might get trickier for multi-gene driven diseases
I think that’s the issue right now. Single gene mutations are a lot easier to treat but multi-gene interactions would get really complicated really early. Still, and exciting area of research!