Similarly, a mouse which had its own gene controlling development of the eye replaced by the homologous fly gene developed a normal mouse eye.

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Strohman was saying this in the face of tremendous hype over gene transplantation and the development of single-gene targeted drugs like Herceptin, Erbitux, Gleevec, Iressa, that have largely been disappointing and very costly.

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Professor Holgate and his team are now looking at what role the gene has in the development of asthma.

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