You are studying a disease caused by insufficient levels of a specific peptide hormone,and characterize mutations in several genes that can lead to the disease.Your startup company can only afford to pursue one gene product as a possible therapy.Which would you choose?
A)Gene A - a transcription factor.
B)Gene B - an enzyme that activates the hormone by cleaving its inactive precursor.
C)Gene C - the hormone itself.
D)Gene D - a kinase that acts downstream of the hormone.

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Gene C encodes the hormone itself, which is the most direct way to address the insufficient levels of the hormone causing the disease.

You Are Studying a Disease Caused by Insufficient Levels of a Specific