Sentences with phrase «about my genes for»

I left the hotel feeling pretty good about my genes for the most part.

In 2006 there was some research about a gene for salt sensitivity at the University of Virginia.

Not exact matches

Yet for decades, scientists have known surprisingly little about what genes are linked with the development of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

«The product is just phenomenally innovative, and we've been talking about gene therapy for over 20 years.

Users of Apple mobile devices also account for about 60 % of all mobile web traffic in the United States, compared to 33 per cent for Android devices, according Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.

We know a lot of what we know about gene mutation and our similarities with other animals precisely because we have been working within this paradigm for which there is a ton of evidence.

Doc, I'll be happy to explain, just as soon as you answer the question about the defunct gene for yolks.

I have disagreed with him before about these matters, for example when he tried to claim that human exceptonalisim is somehow tied in with our genes being made in the likeness and image of God's, when God, as an incorporeal Being, would not have genes.

Last, had I known that alcoholism is a disease worse than cancer, and that it ran through the family genes thus any baby born had a strong chance of becoming one... well, that seals the deal but, I bet the parents who also fell for religiosity, not knowing it was an enclave for pedophiles... talk about regrets from hell.

However, when conservationists try to oppose polluters and developers solely with pragmatic arguments about the value to human welfare of, for example, gene pools in rain forests, they have been maneuvered into fighting on the same ground as their opponents.

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

Those who feel there is something «unnatural» about introducing human genes into animals or plants forget that we share a high proportion of our genes with these species already: it is precisely this collective heritage that allows experiments on frogs to spawn treatments for human cancer.

The strict definition of celiac disease — positive antibodies to gliadin, intestinal endomysium, and tissue transglutaminase, together with the presence of HLA - DQ2 or HLA - DQ8 genes and an intestinal biopsy that shows at least 20 - 25 CD3 cells per 100 epithelial cells — will account for about 75 - 80 % of all those sensitive to gluten.

Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings had some general complaints about the committee that seemed to include Rice, noting his concern for the qualifications for some proposed members.

We've been hearing about better male birth control for years now, but in recent weeks two new promising options have come to light: RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance), being developed by an Indian scientist, Sujoy Guh, and the discovery of a gene, Katnal1, critical for sperm production; if scientists can tweak the gene with a pill, sperm production will be stalled.

Join Attleboro native and Mass Audubon's Regional Scientist Gene Albanese, PhD, and Sanctuary Director Lauren Gordon for a fun hike while learning about local plants, animals and birds.

The recent Lancet Breastfeeding Series refers to new discoveries being made about breastmilk — such as its role in gene expression — so it can be expected that Nestle will use the strategy of launching «new improved» formulas that are «closer to breastmilk» for decades to come (Nestle is currently investing heavily in epigentics research).

«It says something about the Labour gene pool that all the serious candidates for the leadership are white Oxbridge - educated men in their forties who were special advisers in 1997.

Researchers still have much to learn about the imprinting process and the genes involved, Zhang says, but the discovery of a second mechanism for silencing one copy of these genes underscores imprinting's importance.

The information collected is then combined with information about the patient's genes, proteins and metabolism to help determine what drug and dose might be best for that person.

About 8 percent of men, but fewer than 1 percent of women, have impoverished color vision, typically because they lack the gene for either the L - or the M - type photopigment.

Yet each new gene accounts for only about 1 to 2 percent of all cases.

About one in 8,000 children is born with some form of SMA in which mutations in both copies of the gene that code for the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein cripples its production.

Genes keep working for a while after a person dies, and scientists have used that activity in the lab to pinpoint time of death to within about nine minutes.

In 1992, when he was about to leave Woods Hole for another science job, he gave the gene to his colleagues Chalfie and Tsien.

University of Adelaide School of Molecular and Biomedical Science PhD student, Deborah Toledo - Flores, says: «the most important aspect of this work for us was to identify more genes on platypus Y chromosomes to reveal new leads about potential sex determining genes in these animals.»

Using what we know about human genes, for example, could help us extrapolate details like Neanderthal hair and eye color, their genetic diseases, and possibly even their language capabilities.

Mutations in the SOD1 gene account for about 12 percent of ALS cases that run in families.

«We are very excited about the prospect of using these more physiologically relevant cell - based models for gene and small molecule drug discoveries,» says Dr. Andrew Liu, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Memphis.

First, they did a quantitative analysis of the anatomy of related fossils and extant animals to generate a hypothesis about the transition; next, they searched for possible shifts in gene expression that correlated with the transition.

«When we study mice, we have to account for the possibility that inherited bacteria and their genes could be influencing the trait we're trying to learn about,» Stappenbeck said.

Why some women get breast cancer and others do not is a mystery — genes are to blame for only about 1 in 10 cases.

Steve: So you might have a gene for a particular brain receptor or, I think what you talk about in the article is not actually the structure of the receptor molecule, but the amount of receptors that you actually produce?

People in subgroup D4a have a gene for longevity, consistent with what I know about my grandmothers and great grandmothers, who all lived well into their nineties.

Ostrander says that by identifying other dog genes for body size and for traits such as leg length and head shape, researchers may learn more about growth and its disorders — especially cancer — in humans and their best friends.

In science news around the world, NASA's Cassini mission is about to take its final plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn after 13 years providing an unprecedented view of the planet and its moons, a fight over whether to preserve or develop of one Europe's oldest gold mining sites heats up again, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first cancer gene therapy for people, a U.S. court gives a green light to a $ 1 billion lawsuit brought by the Guatemalan victims and survivors of mid — 20th century syphilis experiments by research institutions including Johns Hopkins University, and more.

This gene, which controls the amount of melanin pigment produced, accounts for about 74 percent of the total variation in people's eye color.

Other directions for future research, Liu said, include looking at the role of CLOCK in more forms of the disease, learning more about exactly how CLOCK affects neural circuits to disrupt adequate inhibition of excitatory neurons, and examining whether any of the genes that CLOCK regulates are especially important in the disorder.

If you think evolution is just about individuals passing on their genes to offspring, get set for a radical reweaving of the web of life — and finance

Next week, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), which is part of the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence, will hold a meeting about a planned funding programme for detecting genetically modified organisms that are potentially harmful, including ones that contain gene drives.

Although piRNAs have been known about for many years, scientists have until now had very little understanding of exactly how the piRNAs that guide PIWI proteins to jumping genes in the nucleus are produced.

Much of other animals» intraspecies violence is about competition for mates and the chance to pass on genes.

But he is far more concerned about the potential for accidental release of gene - drive organisms by scientists, he says.

«Americans worried about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood: US adults show more concern than enthusiasm for using these to «enhance» human abilities.»

Steve: And there's one of the researchers you quote in the article talks about, there may be genes that are not directly responsible for some aspect of brain function even at a biochemical cascade level; there might be a gene that is responsible for the width of the birth canal and that that could be associated with ultimately with intelligence.

He and his colleagues gathered genetic data from 156 frog species and combined this with earlier information about two genes from 145 different frogs, for a total of 301 distinct frog species from all 55 families of frogs.

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.

Deafness has long been known to run in families, and while genes for about 60 syndromes that have deafness as one of multiple symptoms have been mapped, only last month did scientists locate the first of the estimated 100 genes that can cause hearing loss alone.

Mutations in the MYBPC3 gene are responsible for about 40 percent of cases.

A mutation in this gene may account for about half the cases of macular degeneration in the United States.