[extropy-chat] Jerusalem research team hails cystic fibrosis genetic breakthrough

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>From Israel21C - Researchers have found that an antibiotic used for years
against common infections may have the remarkable ability to correct a
genetic flaw in cystic fibrosis, a finding that ultimately may lead to a new
way of treating that and other intractable genetic diseases. Their findings,
published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, could be applied
to other genetic disorders, including muscular dystrophy, Hurler's syndrome,
and various types of hemophilia and cancer, say Dr. Michael Wilschanski and
Prof. Eitan Kerem, who headed the team. Experts in the field have called
their accomplishment a "major breakthrough" in the treatment of CF. The
discovery opens a window on research, demonstrating that a well-known drug
may have the power to influence genes. "The idea behind this paper is that
this concept can be used in other genetic diseases,"
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