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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by aquafox on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @01:34AM (#39114323)
> His is an extremely rare form, caused by a mutation in a single gene, otoferlin

No. Otoferlin is the protein encoded by the OTOF gene. I wish science journalists would be more science literal.

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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by CreRecombinase on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @02:14AM (#39114514)
No. OTOF is the gene symbol. Referring to the gene as otoferlin is perfectly legitimate
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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by JR1427 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @11:33AM (#39119310)
Exactly. Also, even if the gene and protein names were different, real scientists wouldn't get hung up on minor technical slip-ups like this, because everyone knows what is meant. (Former cell biologist)
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Re:Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear by zooi on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:00AM (#39116292)
Did you mean "literate"?
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