Curious, @Helen, if you think gene knockout/knockin may have a role in our conditions.
It would make sense that fin/sp/ad/etc would cause epigenetic changes that could "knockout" certain gene expressions in those susceptible and it seems like all of the credible recoveries follow a similar protocol that could be enough to cause another similar, but opposite "knockin" where the proper gene expression is resumed. I have a very basic understanding of all of this, but as we know, zinc finger and gene expression have a lot of connections and I just recently learned that gene-knockout/knockin can be mediated by zinc finger nucleases. Think there's anything here? Is a large part of permanent, sustained recovery a matter of getting the proper expression of whatever genes we may have fucked up?
Here's a wiki for anyone interested in reading some more. Don't wanna connect anything that isn't there but I thought it was interesting that zinc finger is used in gene-knockout to stop expression of whatever genes you're targeting.
Gene knockout - Wikipedia
It would make sense that fin/sp/ad/etc would cause epigenetic changes that could "knockout" certain gene expressions in those susceptible and it seems like all of the credible recoveries follow a similar protocol that could be enough to cause another similar, but opposite "knockin" where the proper gene expression is resumed. I have a very basic understanding of all of this, but as we know, zinc finger and gene expression have a lot of connections and I just recently learned that gene-knockout/knockin can be mediated by zinc finger nucleases. Think there's anything here? Is a large part of permanent, sustained recovery a matter of getting the proper expression of whatever genes we may have fucked up?
Here's a wiki for anyone interested in reading some more. Don't wanna connect anything that isn't there but I thought it was interesting that zinc finger is used in gene-knockout to stop expression of whatever genes you're targeting.
Gene knockout - Wikipedia