> But they don't change human genes, at most they change gene expression.
It's not clear in this case what the difference is between gene, gene expression, and gene encoding. What does gene mean if it does not imply either encoding or expression? If this is a disagreement about the semantics of encoding, surely it'd be easiest to express this in terms of encoding. If this is about gene expression, surely it'd be easiest to express this in terms of expression. "gene" largely has no meaning outside of encoding/expression.
It seems clear to me the article is indicating a distinction of encoding. I'm not sure where the ambiguity is.
It's not clear in this case what the difference is between gene, gene expression, and gene encoding. What does gene mean if it does not imply either encoding or expression? If this is a disagreement about the semantics of encoding, surely it'd be easiest to express this in terms of encoding. If this is about gene expression, surely it'd be easiest to express this in terms of expression. "gene" largely has no meaning outside of encoding/expression.
It seems clear to me the article is indicating a distinction of encoding. I'm not sure where the ambiguity is.