Inheriting a faulty gene from both parents means getting this fatal disease.
But here on the Moon you might be able to use nanotherapy to correct the baby's faulty gene.
Both teams have found similar markers that show the faulty gene to be close to the center of chromosome 17.
The faulty gene was thought to be a factor in only some families, but scientists hoped to draw general lessons from it.
The marker is not the faulty gene itself but appears with it.
In some families, markers for suspected faulty genes have been found recently on chromosome 11.
But it also takes two faulty genes to be expressed.
How early in the dating process do I reveal the information about my faulty gene, with all its ramifications?
Both parents need to pass down the faulty gene in order for you to develop Hurler syndrome.
Therefore, in many diseases, having the faulty gene still does not necessarily mean someone will get the disease.