Comments on: Huntington’s Disease http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/07/25/science/huntingtons-disease/ The Weblog of Oscar Nuño Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:18:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Oscar http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/07/25/science/huntingtons-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Oscar Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:35:03 +0000 http://www.oscarnuno.com/?p=365#comment-166 Yep, medicine can only improve, buddy! Nancy Wexler's work is very inspiring. Through hard work and perseverance, her goal was met and now, the next step (finding a cure) is now possible. Moreover, what was learned helped understand other genetic diseases. As for super powers, I imagine activating our mutant x-factor genes will be very costly. Lol! I wouldn't mind the ability to warp reality or re-arrange atomic matter. ;) Yep, medicine can only improve, buddy! Nancy Wexler’s work is very inspiring. Through hard work and perseverance, her goal was met and now, the next step (finding a cure) is now possible. Moreover, what was learned helped understand other genetic diseases.

As for super powers, I imagine activating our mutant x-factor genes will be very costly. Lol! I wouldn’t mind the ability to warp reality or re-arrange atomic matter. ;)

]]> By: Rishi http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/07/25/science/huntingtons-disease/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Rishi Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:37:47 +0000 http://www.oscarnuno.com/?p=365#comment-161 I think cleaving the extra CAG triplets would be far more risky (not to mention expensive) than straight up silencing. Maybe one day, HD patients will have their mutant gene for HTT silenced entirely, and an artificial chromosome can be transported to all the cells via nanorobots. The artificial chromosome will contain a gene coding for normal HTT, as well as genes giving the patient super powers. ;-) The future of medicine seems so promising! I think cleaving the extra CAG triplets would be far more risky (not to mention expensive) than straight up silencing. Maybe one day, HD patients will have their mutant gene for HTT silenced entirely, and an artificial chromosome can be transported to all the cells via nanorobots. The artificial chromosome will contain a gene coding for normal HTT, as well as genes giving the patient super powers. ;-) The future of medicine seems so promising!

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