tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post8178944062281679049..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Gene therapy for the blindTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-30937798463090394162011-11-19T18:13:49.586+01:002011-11-19T18:13:49.586+01:00Tom, what do you want to say about this? Do you th...Tom, what do you want to say about this? Do you think it could be related with stuttering anyhow? http://www.nature.com/news/language-gene-speeds-learning-1.9395Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-23816665463751555992011-11-16T18:52:28.013+01:002011-11-16T18:52:28.013+01:00In that case are their not Protein drugs?In that case are their not Protein drugs?Will the Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-49150247181465996452011-11-14T20:19:37.035+01:002011-11-14T20:19:37.035+01:00A lot of these genetic disorders like Tay Sachs ca...A lot of these genetic disorders like Tay Sachs cause the entire body to malform. Changing their genes to normal genes is probably not going to do anything since the damage is already done. Gene therapy being effective for stuttering is based on the assumption that the brain formed normally and is only missing certain proteins for fluent speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-24299075722811866522011-11-14T12:24:52.183+01:002011-11-14T12:24:52.183+01:00Not sure I agree with your metaphor of bad constru...Not sure I agree with your metaphor of bad construction for a house.<br /><br />Biological functioning continues to be affected/determined by the production of proteins well after the "construction" is completed. One of the techniques of gene therapy is to provide new genes which will express the proteins that are missing because of "mistakes in construction".<br /><br />Obviously gene therapy is in its infancy and there have been very few real successes yet. But the argument that bodily processes can't be changed through gene therapy after "the house is built" doesn't seem convincing.Orahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560420178241698669noreply@blogger.com