2007
DOI: 10.2217/14796708.2.4.389
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Towards individualized medicine: flies lead the way

Abstract: While the search for the genetic foundation of complex diseases receives a great deal of attention in the popular scientific press, it is merely the first step in a very long journey from gene identification to therapeutic options. Unexpectedly, even diseases that are caused by mutations in a single gene have a collection of diverse possible symptoms that variably affect each patient. What is becoming more obvious is the need to correlate specific endophenotypes, or subsets of disease symptoms, with specific g… Show more

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