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One question is if it is as simple as that. The human genome is immensely complex; much like raw object code (and compacted and self-modifying at that). The num
by likpok 18y ago
One question is if it is as simple as that. The human genome is immensely complex; much like raw object code (and compacted and self-modifying at that). The number of active genes are far too small for the amount of variation, so maybe she just got a bad run of genes. Unfortunately, that would make Reinhoff's search useless, because he would never find that one misplaced gene, and missing the four or ten that acted in concert to bring this about.
- ricree 18y agoIt probably isn't as simple as that, but in this case the downside of failure was nothing more than wasted time while the upside was a possible insight into a disease that had eluded diagnosis. What is more troubling to me is the part of the article stating that he used this to justify canceling the MRI that had been advised by a doctor. I don't have much of a problem with people looking to unconventional medicine when areas that have been well researched have failed. This is especially true when the unconventional methods might have some basis for working and just haven't been studied enough. The problems often start, however, when people turn away from established medicine in favor of the untested methods. I know that he had reservations about that MRI beforehand, but using the gene sequencing to justify canceling the MRI seems to be a step in the wrong direction.