The gene mutation ends up causing lower-than-normal production of a protein called ApoCIII.

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The mutation also shows up in Hispano families elsewhere in Latin America.

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Both of these drugs are emblematic of avant-garde, precise, individualized medicine in which a specific genetic mutation in a patient is matched up with the action of the drug.

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But when the virus produces protein, a troublesome mutation results in a change to the amino acid sequence that makes up the protein.

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This mutation causes a change in one of the amino acid molecules that makes up an important enzyme for proper bone growth and formation.

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