Posted by bingo on August 25, 2010 at 09:06:23:
In Reply to: WHOA! posted by rebecca cedillo on August 23, 2010 at 16:14:20:
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I know I have the 1717something or other dash thingy. *shrug*. I've never paid too much attention to the numbers. After all, they're just numbers on a page at this point. When they start doing more designer drugs (similar to the VX-770 that's headed to Phase 3 testing) your mutation won't really mean much. Once they can design certain drugs for certain defects, your specific defect will come into play. The differences are mostly related to where the defect is in the chloride channel. If it's a "bad" one, it's lower down, does more damage and is harder to fix. If it's a "mild" one, the defect is smaller, higher up and can be fixed easier with gene therapy.
How have you been? How's your brother (he was being shipped out, the last I heard).
-Bingo