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aquafox on Jan 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear

> His is an extremely rare form, caused by a mutation in a single gene, otoferlin

No. Otoferlin is the protein encoded by the OTOF gene. I wish science journalists would be more science literal.

CreRecombinase on Jan 24, 2024 | [–]

No. OTOF is the gene symbol. Referring to the gene as otoferlin is perfectly legitimate

JR1427 on Jan 24, 2024 | | [–]

Exactly. Also, even if the gene and protein names were different, real scientists wouldn't get hung up on minor technical slip-ups like this, because everyone knows what is meant. (Former cell biologist)

zooi on Jan 24, 2024 | [–]

Did you mean "literate"?

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