Sentences with phrase «about the interaction genes»

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But when I discussed my aspirations with established PIs — who had spent their careers learning everything they could about a particular gene or protein — I probably seemed lazy or uninterested, because I couldn't specify a particular signaling pathway or molecule - ligand interaction that I wanted to study.

Named after the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer it relies on, the Blue Brain Project has started modelling — in every detail — the cellular infrastructure and electrophysiological interactions within the cerebral neocortex, which represents about 80 % of the brain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thought.

«Like cancer, autism is a very complex disease,» says Craig Newschaffer, chairman of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Drexel University School of Public Health, «and it's exciting to start asking questions about the interaction between genes and environment.

Some of the genetic factors that are being researched right now are multiple genes contributing to the disease (there are about a dozen genes that are leading candidates), and the possibility of epigenetic interactions (that is, certain genes and other biological molecules that determine whether and when certain genes present in the body are turned on or off) that may contribute to schizophrenia.

Building upon existing knowledge about gene pair interactions future drugs will be created.

New research led by the School of Medicine shows that an influential 2003 study about the interaction of genes, environment and depression may have missed the mark.

Despite many recent discoveries about the genetics of ALS, the etiology of sporadic ALS remains largely unknown with gene - environment interaction suspected as a driver.

Correlations, of course, do not imply causation and standard statistical techniques, such as the ones used here, are unable to provide much information about the causal processes that might lead from the gene × gene interaction to conduct disorder or to adult antisocial behavior.

In an adoption study using within - rather than between - family comparisons, Plomin, DeFries, and Fulker (1988) performed hundreds of analyses in a search for significant gene - environment interactions and found only about as many as would be expected by chance.

This course is recommended for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other health care professionals who seek knowledge about gene environment interactions for disordered eating symptoms.