Sentences with phrase «abnormal gene»

A genetic test examines a DNA sample of a person's cells for abnormal genes, or analyzes the number, arrangement and characteristics of the chromosomes.

Other recent studies identified abnormal genes linked to the immune system and inflammatory response.

A University of Tokyo research group has discovered that genome - wide epigenetic disorder is behind patterns of abnormal gene expression found in adult T - cell leukemia - lymphoma...

The finding wasn't surprising, Fallin explains — numerous studies have identified abnormal gene expression of immune genes in autism samples and environmental experiences such as prenatal infection or prenatal exposure to pollutants that can ramp up immune responses are risk factors for ASD.

Breeding animals with abnormal genes to each otherproduces different phases of corn snakes.

«ALK now becomes the second abnormal gene that we are able to successfully target in lung cancer with drugs other than chemotherapy.»

Gene therapy is designed to introduce genetic material into cells to compensate for or correct abnormal genes.

Another important group of possible causes of age - related macular degeneration is mildly abnormal genes.

They speculate that the tumour cells created a micro-environment that could induce abnormal gene expression in the neighbouring tissue.

According to Reeves, the result suggests that genes in the DSCR make their mischief by interacting with other abnormal genes far away on chromosome 21, and that the genetics of Down syndrome are probably more complex than has been generally thought.

But, abnormal genes make up about 10 percent of breast cancer cases, so fundraisers like this with Reese Witherspoon are critical.

In February, the FDA agreed to allow 23andMe and its competitors to resume marketing tests for autosomal - recessive diseases, which result when both parents carry an abnormal gene.

The abnormal gene expression impairs the formation of synapses so severely as to cause «structural havoc» in the brain's wiring, Goldman and his colleagues wrote.

This experimental drug homes in on the abnormal gene suspected to cause Dishman's disease.

Within a single tumor exists such an astonishingly varied population of cells, each with its own combination of normal and abnormal genes, that at least some cells nearly always have a way to survive any particular attack.

One has to receive a copy of the abnormal gene from both parents to have the disease,» said Dr. Buchanan, who holds the Children's Cancer Fund Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Oncology & Hematology.

The discovery of an abnormal gene in narcoleptic pooches may soon lead to relief for millions of people who suffer from chronic insomnia.

An abnormal gene created by the fusion of ETV6 and the RUNX1 gene is one of the most common alterations in childhood ALL and is found in the leukemic cells of 20 to 25 percent of pediatric ALL.

R6 / 2 mice have been genetically altered with an abnormal gene that makes them produce a harmful fragment of the mutant huntingtin protein

In most cases, the abnormal gene function responsible for cancer develops by chance or is related to a risk factor such as smoking or obesity.

In this process, a corrected (normal) copy of the abnormal gene is transferred into the patient's own bone marrow stem cells.

Macklon said they found an abnormal gene expression which is always associated with failure, but it was not present in the successful pregnancies.

Most people suffering from metabolic disorders have an abnormal gene which results in the deficiency or malformation of a hormone or enzyme.

If she has an abnormal gene — most commonly BRCA1 or BRCA2 — that risk shoots up to 80 percent.

Researchers have identified the gene mutation that causes NEwS, and a DNA test is now available that allows breeders to avoid producing affected puppies by never breeding two dogs to each other if they are both carriers of the abnormal gene.

In our study we found that dogs that were homozygous for the mutation (2 copies of the abnormal gene) had a more severe form of the disease based on Holter findings.

This means that each parent must carry an abnormal gene and that two parents who are not affected themselves may produce affected puppies.

Both parents must carry the abnormal gene for the offspring to be affected.

With this type of disease, there are no unaffected «carrier» cats — all cats with an abnormal gene will be clinically affected.

Inherited disorders are conditions that arise due to abnormal genes that are passed down from one generation to another.

The OptiGen test detects the mutant, abnormal gene copy and the normal gene copy.

Because this is a genetically - based, developmental disease, CEA can only be prevented by not breeding dogs who carry the abnormal gene.

Dominant inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from ONE parent is capable of causing disease, even though a matching gene from the other parent is normal.

The abnormal gene dominates the gene pair.

In unpublished studies, dogs who have two of the abnormal genes are the only ones that have developed the disease.

It is thought that disease results from the combination of an abnormal gene (causing an abnormal structure of the SAA protein), and also infectious or environmental factors that cause systemic inflammation and so increase the production of this protein in affected cats.

Recently the DNA mutations which cause vWD in several breeds have been identified and accurate tests for the presence of the abnormal gene exist for use in those breeds.

Indeed, many diseases have their basis in abnormal genes.

Abnormal genes, whether mutated or not, form the basis for inherited disease.

The University of Minnesota Canine Genetics Laboratory completed the genome association study and identified the abnormal gene sequence, then began working on a DNA test to allow for breeding dogs to be screened.

Affected cats (homozygous - having two copies the same - for the abnormal gene) arise when affected or carrier cats are mated with each other.