Sentences with phrase «gene studies revealed»

Gene studies revealed that minoxidil revs up not only elastin and elastic fiber genes but also more than 100 other genes related to blood vessel structure.

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A recent, groundbreaking study revealed that when a mother is insulin resistant, a particular gene is expressed more prominently than in insulin - sensitive individuals.

However, this study revealed that mice are more similar to humans than previously thought, with an average of around 10 % of active genes escaping X-inactivation per tissue.

Specifically, the study reveals a mechanism that helps explain how dividing cells pass patterns of epigenetic information called methyl tags to their daughter cells, a crucial part of regulating gene expression across cell generations.

The study, led by Dr Len Stephens and Dr Phill Hawkins and published today in the journal Molecular Cell, reveals why loss of the PTEN gene has such an impact on many people with prostate cancer, as well as in some breast cancers.

Previous studies in identical twins that were raised apart revealed that genes play a major role in who becomes obese.

A pre-clinical study of two drugs designed to boost T cell performance, has revealed the agents, when give in combination, may enhance the immune system's ability to kill melanoma tumors deficient in the tumor suppressor gene PTEN.

But a new study, published today in Nature, has revealed that m6A plays a key role in the regulation of the Sex - lethal (Sxl) gene, which controls sex determination of the fruit fly Drosophila.

«Gene sequencing study reveals unusual mutations in endometriosis: Findings advance search for new ways to classify aggressive forms of the disease.»

Bloom, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and Small, of Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California, also express hope that more studies could reveal a gene in the myobacterium for virulence or transmissibility.

Subsequent study revealed that jumping genes (or transposable elements) are long, repetitive stretches of DNA.

Genetic tests for mutations in the so - called breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, may not reveal as much about cancer risk as earlier reports have estimated, according to two studies published in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine.

In earlier studies, Wang and his colleagues had revealed that a gene in mice called Pad4 (peptidylarginine deiminase 4) produces an enzyme that plays an important role in protecting the body from infection.

Rudich says that the study enabled the researchers to identify a «signature» for each source of bacteria based on the prevalence of antibiotic resistant genes, which revealed whether the genes were local or imported from distant deserts.

«Studying congenital heart defects in the «at risk» Down syndrome population can make it possible to reveal genes that impact the risk of heart defects in all children, including those with typical number of chromosomes.»

The study not only shows that NPTX2 is active in kidney cancer, but is the first to reveal that the gene is over-expressed in any human cancer.

Using an innovative crystallization technique for studying three - dimensional structures of gene transcription machinery, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at Penn State, has revealed new insights into the long debated action of the «magic spot» — a molecule that controls gene expression in Eschericahia coli and many other bacteria when the bacteria are stressed.

One study revealed that gene silencing triggered by mild heat stress continued in future generations of these worms, even after the initial heat stress was gone.

Mechanistic studies reveal that amTOR, a stimulatory gene in caste differentiation, is the direct target of miR162a.

«Study reveals which genes are critical to a plant's response to drought.»

A study published by Cell Press November 7th in the journal Cell has revealed that an evolutionarily conserved gene called Lin28a, which is very active in embryos but not in adults, enhances tissue repair after injury when reactivated in adult mice.

A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.

Professor Peter Kraft at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA, says: «Given the size of these studies, we expected that we would find a lot of new breast cancer risk variants, but the studies tells us a lot more about which genes are involved, revealing many previously unsuspected genes and genetic mechanisms underlying breast carcinogenesis.

A study published in Molecular Cancer Research reveals that a tumor suppressor gene p16 is turned off by a histone mutation (H3.3 K27M), which is found in up to 70 percent of childhood brain tumors called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).

The studies also revealed when during taste cell differentiation these genes influence whether a given taste cell ultimately will respond to either salty, sweet, sour, bitter or umami.

Further study revealed that UPB1 regulates the expression of three genes, called peroxidases, which themselves control the distribution of two chemicals, hydrogen peroxide and superoxide, in the root.

The largest ever genetic study of mosquitoes reveals the movement of insecticide resistance between different regions of Africa and finds several rapidly evolving insecticide resistance genes.

Studies of gene activity have now revealed that many lichens are instead a threesome, with two fungi in the mix.

A study of people from an isolated village in the Netherlands reveals a link between rare variants in the gene NKPD1 and depressive symptoms.

Experimental studies have revealed dozens of regulatory genes, signaling proteins and other genetic tools that cells use to gather information and communicate with one another.

New studies of genes and isotopes are helping reveal how major migrations shaped who we are today.

Gene studies were supposed to reveal the disorder's roots.

A study of gene activity in the brains of people who suffered from depression reveals that their daily clocks were probably out of whack.

The upshot of the study, another indictment of the so - called Western diet (high in saturated fats, sugar and red meat), reveals how the metabolites produced by the bacteria in the stomach chemically communicate with cells, including cells far beyond the colon, to dictate gene expression and health in its host.

A new study reveals that decades of breeding the fruits for uniform color have robbed them of a gene that boosts their sugar content.

The initial hint that KLF4 regulates mitochondrial biology came from genome - wide studies that revealed a strong signature for KLF4's control of mitochondrial genes.

The study reveals that the mutated gene affects a key housekeeping process that is required for removing unwanted molecules from cells in the body.

Although the study doesn't point to immediate treatment possibilities, Heitman says that many researchers are studying the mechanisms that allow cells to tolerate the many extra proteins produced by the additional genes, which might reveal a weakness to target.

Tomas Marques - Bonet of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra noted that studying gene flow between ancient humans such as Neanderthals, Denisovans and the ancestors of modern humans has revealed numerous genes under selection that affect disease and an individual's traits.

The researchers, including scientists from The Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine, presented the research titled, «Patient - derived xenograft study reveals endocrine therapy resistance of ER + breast cancer caused by distinct ESR1 gene aberrations.»

Study of genes encoding the molecules of the malaria parasite's outer coat reveals a class of proteins forming repeated antigenic sites.

Studies of gene activity have now revealed that many lichens are not a twosome but instead a threesome, with two fungi in the mix.

«Genome - wide study in Labradors reveals a modifier gene for copper toxicosis: Using dogs to sniff out modifier genes for copper toxicosis.»

The gene was revealed only in the affected children, but not in the unaffected children of the families studied.

A study carried out by the Laboratoire Neurobiologie des Interactions Cellulaires et Neurophysiopathologie (CNRS / Aix - Marseille Université), in collaboration with clinicians from Marseilles Public Hospitals (AP - HM) and scientists from the Salk Institute in San Diego (US), has revealed a new gene that plays a crucial role during early development in humans and whose under - expression may induce certain autistic traits.

«Our present study shows examination of the gene expression profiles at the very early age of initial clinical detection reveals both strong evidence of early biological processes in ASD and abnormal signals with the potential to serve as an early, practical biomarker of risk for the disorder in general pediatric settings.»

«We found hundreds of genes expressed exclusively by human astrocytes, and future studies will likely reveal additional biological differences.

Indeed, one of the amazing things that parentage studies revealed is just how far genes could flow — from hundreds to thousands of meters in some cases.

In addition to identifying a gene that raises risk for colorectal cancer from eating red or processed meat, the study — the first to identify the interactions of genes and diet on a genome - wide scale — also reveals another specific genetic variation that appears to modify whether eating more vegetables, fruits and fiber actually lowers your colorectal cancer risk.

Now, two studies pinpoint the location and identity of the gene mutation — and reveal that the same gene also controls the colorful patterns in some butterfly wings.