The illness is believed to be caused by a defective gene 這病被認(rèn)為是由基因缺陷引起的。
The finding could have major implications for medicine and the development of gene therapy techniques in which people with a defective gene are given the correct version 這個發(fā)現(xiàn)給醫(yī)學(xué)最大的啟示是,通過基因治療技術(shù),把有功能的基因?qū)胂鄳?yīng)基因缺陷的病人體內(nèi)。
A representative of the dana alliance for brain initiatives, which established a series of research objectives for the decade, assigned generally high marks for meeting the stated goals : the identification of defective genes in familial alzheimer's and huntington's disease and the development of new treatments for multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, among other advances 腦研究計畫達(dá)納聯(lián)盟就設(shè)了一系列研究目標(biāo),一位聯(lián)盟代表指出,達(dá)成設(shè)定目標(biāo)的總體成績還不錯:?定出家族性阿茲海默癥與杭丁頓氏癥的缺陷基因,發(fā)展了多發(fā)性硬化癥及癲癇的新療法等等。