huntingtin(future)

= Future Investigations =

Right now Research is being done on the effectiveness of RNAi's ability to suppress the huntingtin gene. Using a fruit fly model, experiments have been conducted on the ability of RNAi's to suppress genetic expression. The results have been very promising. In the future, we should hope to see a different model used which more accurately reflects human huntingtin, like rat, mouse or chimpanzee. And hopefully human trials can begin. Human trials of RNAi therapy for liver cancer have been very successful. We can also predict the likelihood of a child to be born with Huntington's disease before they are even born. As with much genomic research, the complications of knowing and having moral choices to make are more complicated than the original issue. Included on this page are some images displaying the effectiveness of RNAi in suppressing eye pigmentation in //Drosophila melanogaster// //Bibliography//