genome editing
Comparing knockout and knockdown evidence
A knockout is a permanent DNA allele backed by orthogonal evidence. A knockdown only lowers the transcript. A shift in Cq does not establish a knockout.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Indels frameshifts and protein loss
An indel, a frameshift and a missing protein are three claims. Nonsense-mediated decay, exon skipping and extra gene copies keep them apart.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read