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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _try_parse_gene_association(self, reaction_id, s):
 """Try to parse the given gene association rule. Logs a warning if the association rule could not be parsed and returns the original string. Otherwise, returns the boolean.Expression object. """

        s = s.strip()
        if s == '':
            return None

        try:
            return boolean.Expression(s)
        except boolean.ParseError as e:
            msg = 'Failed to parse gene association for {}: {}'.format(
                reaction_id, text_type(e))
            if e.indicator is not None:
                msg += '\n{}\n{}'.format(s, e.indicator)
            logger.warning(msg)

        return s