Sentences with phrase «single gene turns»

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They asked the question, What controls the activity of a single gene, turning it on or off?

In 1993 she proved that turning down the expression of a single gene, daf - 2, through genetic engineering doubled the worm's life span.

Harvard Medical School researcher Melina Claussnitzer and her team found that a single variation in the FTO gene caused fat cells that would normally become healthier beige to turn into white fat cells instead.

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study published June 18th in the journal Cell.

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.

Nature got a boost in the ongoing nature - versus - nurture debate this year when researchers at Emory University in Atlanta announced they could turn promiscuous male rodents into faithful cuddlers by manipulating a single gene.

Promiscuous male voles can be turned into paragons of monogamous virtue simply by increasing the expression of a single gene.

A turning point came in 2002, when Elowitz and his collaborators mapped random gene activity in single cells for the first time.

By turning on a single gene, researchers can prevent skin stem cells from maturing into the three types of adult skin cells — epidermal, sebaceous and hair cells.

In fact, a single meal or snack of sugar or refined carbohydrate can not only turn off fat - burning and significantly disturb hormones, but also switch on the genes that cause disease.