Forcing cells to ignore mutation to fight disease

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3102, 2016, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A new technique could help cells get around that problem and potentially treat conditions like cystic fibrosis. Most of people's genes are recipes for making proteins. Each three-letter DNA sequence--known as a codon--specifies which amino acid should be added next to a growing chain of amino acids to create a protein. This goes on until the protein-making machinery reaches a codon that says stop