When a drug company feels reasonably confident that it has a gene target, the next stage is to use that gene to manufacture the corresponding protein en masse.

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This is because the cause of a rare form of cancer often can be narrowed down to a single gene, providing a clear target, and because few other effective remedies exist, so that the promise of a new drug can be instantly visible.

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DeCode is now screening for compounds to target the gene and a key receptor.

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DeCode is screening for compounds to target the gene and a key receptor.

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Wong (now at Stanford University) figured the mutated gene might make an ideal target for a vaccine, as it creates an abnormal protein not seen in healthy cells.

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"Before you count genes, you really need to define what a gene is, " says Daniel Shoemaker , director of target discovery at Rosetta.

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That part, the insertion of the desired gene into the target crop's chromosomes, can be done in a variety of ways.

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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster writes in a research note this morning that he thinks Apple remains on target for an October launch for the iPhone 5 despite the reported 28 nm baseband radio chip shortage at Qualcomm.

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