Sentences with phrase «by identifying markers»

According to a new «proof of principle» study published in Aug. 27 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers hope to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates by identifying markers in the blood that can pinpoint patients with premalignant pancreatic lesions called intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs).

By identifying markers of network dysfunction we believe we can elucidate these mechanisms of risk.

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To make sense of this, it's important for designers of those solutions to know how to take human interactions (emails, chats, phone calls, social media threads) and tag them, by identifying emotion and sentiment, and other markers so the computer «understands» humans better.

But a philosopher might argue that with the gown of clay go most of the markers by which we identify him: adventurer, historian, soldier, champion of the Huguenots, captain of the queen's guard, founder of the lost colony on Roanoke Island, fortune hunter, seeker of El Dorado and now doomed convict.

The new research has the potential to be used by the bakery sector to allow for more accurate testing for the presence of these marker proteins, thereby identifying so - called «hidden allergens».

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) has been identified by the UK Care Quality Commission as one of three «potential markers relating to the risk of maternal mortality» [10].

Species for which we still could not identify markers were examined further by performing general Internet searches and looking at the Web sites of wildlife forensics labs and other relevant organisations.

«By analyzing the blood of children of controls and comparing it to children of bipolar patients, we identified several genes or markers that can explain the increased risk.»

The marker of antigens produced by pancreatic cancer has a low positive predictive value for identifying early stage disease.

A team led by Margaret Pericak - Vance of Duke University, Jonathan Haines of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Allen Roses — a former Duke researcher now in charge of genetics research at the Glaxo Wellcome Company in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina — scanned the DNA of members of 16 large families with a high rate of Alzheimer's, looking at 280 genetic markers that might help identify candidate genes.

Of additional importance, the distinct ERP markers identified by Mills are so characteristic of the different brain organization in Williams that this information alone is approximately 90 percent accurate when analyzing brain activity to identify someone with Williams syndrome.

They might also diagnose health conditions by identifying proton - scale differences in molecular mass that are markers of disease.

The $ 138 million HapMap denotes haplotypes, stretches of DNA that are inherited together as unbroken blocks and can be identified by just a handful of DNA markers known as SNPS (single nucleotide polymorphisms).

By identifying the gene, genetic markers can now be used in breeding programs to ensure that salt tolerance can be maintained in future cultivars of soybean that will be grown in areas prone to soil salinity.

Scientists at CNRS, Aix - Marseille Université and AP - HM have identified a cerebral marker specific to autism that can be detected by MRI and is present as from the age of two years.

By using DNA barcoding — which involves sequencing standardized DNA marker fragments to match specimens with known species — Crawford and his co-workers identified a further 11 species that were previously unrecognized.

This observation is further supported by the fact that studying alterations in the expression of genes also made it possible to identify persons whose levels of interleukin 6, an inflammation marker, were reduced as their serum vitamin D levels increased.

A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins scientists say they have identified a genetic marker that may be associated with the development of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), whose causes and mechanisms are among the least understood among mental illnesses.

By studying video footage of children interacting with a psychiatrist, computer - vision algorithms learn to identify behavioural markers as designated on the Autism Observation Scale for Infants.

Most simply, once these genes, or bits of DNA tied to the genes (known as markers), have been identified, molecular breeders can quickly target offspring inheriting the genes for further development, cutting breeding time and improving the crop's «genetic gain,» the generational improvements made to a crop, like increased height, by human selection.

This latest study aimed to identify urinary M2 macrophage - associated markers, by performing multiplex urinalysis in individuals prone to developing calcium oxalate kidney stones.

By identifying genetic markers that are linked to the trait, progressively more precise areas on a chromosome are defined until the gene is identified.

«Our findings suggest that we can quickly and reliably identify whether an infant has a bacterial infection or not by analyzing RNA biosignatures, which are genomic markers of the child's immune response,» said Elizabeth Powell, MD, MPH, study co-author and emergency department physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, as well as Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

By comparing RNA sequencing with the Human Protein Atlas, we've also been able to identify new markers for the bile ducts that confirm the malformations that develop in patients with Alagille Syndrome.»

Hence, understanding the interrelationship between genetic markers and use of aspirin and NSAIDs, also known as gene × environment interactions, can help to identify population subgroups defined by genetic background that may preferentially benefit from chemopreventive use of these agents and offer novel insights into underlying mechanisms of carcinogenesis.

The research, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, also suggests that the size of the brain's right anterior insula may predict the risk of future bouts of depression, potentially giving researchers an anatomical marker to identify those at high risk for recurrence.

In breast cancer, CSCs or tumor - initiating cells were first identified by using a combination of cell surface markers, CD24 − / CD44 + / ESA (EpCAM) + (2).

These results, if validated by other research groups, could provide a new marker for identifying DCIS that are more likely progress to invasive disease, however more importantly may highlight a group of DCIS patients where no treatment is necessary.

Macrophages were identified by their typical morphology, as well as by their reactivity to the cell surface marker F4 / 80 (Fig. 2A) ⇓.

Using single water molecules as atomic markers, the team successfully identified the atomic species of this surface; result that was additionally confirmed by the comparison of simultaneous AFM and STM measurements with the outcomes of first - principles calculations.

With multiyear field studies, Xue identified plant traits related to drought tolerance, which can be used by breeders to develop drought - tolerant wheat cultivars and geneticists to screen molecular markers and speed the breeding process.

However, as demonstrated by a recent report from Stuelten and colleagues [13], the complexity of CSC markers continues to pose challenges for identifying and isolating the putative tumor stem cell populations by the cell - sorting approach.

By using immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry, we identified autoantibodies anti-Adenylate kinase 5 (AK5 - Abs) as specific marker in 10 patients with LE.

Last year saw publications in Nature Genetics by Miotto and colleagues about multiple strains of artemisinin - resistant parasites in Cambodia, and in Nature by Dr. Frédéric Ariey and colleagues from Institut Pasteur identifying a molecular marker of artemisinin resistance.

«A recent report published in Nature by Descours et al. prompted great interest, as it claimed to have identified CD32 as one such marker that is selectively expressed on the majority of persistently infected CD4 T cells.

deCODE is continuing its research on both phenotypes to identify and analyze the roles of these genes, with the aim of finding novel diagnostic markers as well as drug targets that can be used to combat asthma and allergies by going to the underlying causes of both conditions.

Researchers use these receptors — or markers — to identify and isolate adult stem cells by «tagging» the chemical messages that bind to those specific receptors on the stem cell with fluorescent molecules.

AMACR gene identified by Kimmel Cancer Center researchers as a prevention and early diagnostic marker for prostate cancer.

Note that by «classify» we mean that we interpret no markers being placed as a rejection, and placing at least one marker to mean a possible lensing event has been identified.

The goal of this center is to bring radiotherapy into the era of personalized medicine by identifying genetic markers of radiotherapy resistance and uncovering how heterogeneity within tumors affects radiotherapy efficacy.

Molecular markers that point to the earliest steps in the development of lung cancer are identified by Cancer Center scientists.

ID1 gene identified by Kimmel Cancer Center scientists as an early diagnostic marker for melanoma.

Newly - created linked recessive lethal markers were identified by distortions in F2 ratios of the visible markers (ws1g, bkg and bl13) among the haploid F2 males of the virgin hosting (as in Figure 2) and then linkage relationships were determined.

Our analysis of 23,184 cells identifies 15 clusters, few of which could be fully characterised by a single marker gene.

Morgridge computational biologist John Steill, another co-author of the KinderMining study, is using the KinderMiner tool to improve gene marker lists, which have numerous uses such as classifying cells or samples by cell type and identifying samples that may produce tumors.

New computational strategies are supported by our single cell data analysis experts with computational methods deconvolute tissue composition, determine cell type heterogeneity, identify novel cell type defining markers or track transcriptional dynamics.

Mammary progenitors identified by a new marker, ICAM - 1, undergo epithelial - mesenchymal transition and luminal - to - basal switch in response to paracrine Met activation.

In one recent trial, 9 a subset of patients resistant to antidepressant treatment and identified by serum markers of inflammation, most notably C - reactive protein > 3mg / L, were responsive to treatment with the TNF - alpha antagonist (anti-inflammatory) infliximab (Remicade).

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They were just as likely to identify themselves by personal tastes in fashion and music, for example, as by traditional identity markers such as race and ethnicity.