Agreed. Less than half of all human disease genes knocked out in mice lead to a similar phenotype as humans [1]. Nonetheless, the relative simplicity of the tre

Agreed. Less than half of all human disease genes knocked out in mice lead to a similar phenotype as humans [1]. Nonetheless, the relative simplicity of the treatment probably makes it worth trying (assuming FGF1 injections are not toxic to humans). [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717207/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717207/