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I came to read the comments to find out what this means. Is there anyone who can translate this into something more understandable?
by peter_retief 7y ago
I came to read the comments to find out what this means.
Is there anyone who can translate this into something more understandable?
- armatav 7y agoI guess gain-of-function == new-feature.
- vikramkr 7y agoI tried to write up a longer comment breaking it down in laymans terms (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22536734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22536734), not sure if it's helpful but I figured I'd at least give it a go. It basically boils down to there is a mutation in this strain of virus that seems to give it an ability to infect cells better (gain of function = new feature or enhanced feature of a protin, nothing to do with mathematical functions or the lambda calculus), and this paper discusses what it is and how it's hypothesized to work.