Genetic engineering could be yielding positive results in the future, especially in terms of health, as scientists work to eliminate gene-related sicknesses and conditions. For instance, diabetes has been eliminated in this particular ‘supermouse' that was engineered in a lab, where it enables the mouse in question to gain weight without running the risk of developing type-2 diabetes through the removal of fat cells. The method used by Auwerx and his colleagues involved a targeted virus that will ‘knock out' the gene which creates a protein known as nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCoR1) in the muscle of mice.
Ubergizmo, Supermouse result of tweaked gene, avoids diabetes
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