Sentences with phrase «altered their genes so»

Scientists had altered their genes so that they lacked a certain type of nerve cell in their spinal cords.

Not exact matches

Altering genes is illegal in the United States and part of Europe, so the panel's new recommendation could be the beginning of a political fight that would likely see loud opposition from Christians and other religious groups.

For example, if I come from a long line of brown - eyed people, can I aim to alter the DNA molecules in my reproductive cells so as to pass on to my son «genes for blue - eyedness»?

The scientists used CRISPR, a gene - editing tool, to alter inserted genes so that the enzymes for which they coded would work most efficiently amid the exotic acidity, osmotic character and chemical composition of their new home.

The initiative, called Safe Genes, comes at a time when so - called «gene drive» systems, which override the standard rules of gene inheritance and natural selection, are raising hopes among some scientists that the technology could alter or suppress populations of disease - carrying insects or other pests in as few as 20 generations.

Rassoulzadegan stumbled upon her rodent scofflaws after altering a gene in gray mice so that their feet and the tips of their tails turned white.

It was unlikely that all 24 genes would be altered simultaneously in any one bacterium, so the cycle was repeated over and over to increase the proportion of cells with mutations in all 24 genes.

Methylation is among the so - called epigenetic processes — those not specifically designed to affect the genes — that can alter chromatin.

They can thrive in so many different places because their genomes are incredibly flexible: they can alter, lose and duplicate genes almost at will.

With their new fruit fly research model, the UNC researchers altered the histone gene so that this particular enzyme could not modify its histone protein target.

The research suggests that reducing production of the protein, called myoferlin, affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation of many genes involved in metastasis in favor of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to other tissues.

Two of the mouse's genes had been altered so that the egg had a pattern of gene activity similar to that of a sperm.

In Africa people who carry one copy of this altered gene (so - called heterozygotes, who are relatively well despite their altered hemoglobin) are 90 percent less likely to die of falciparum malaria than those who do not carry it.

When two copies of the altered hemoglobin gene are present, they cause the shape of the hemoglobin to change so much that the «sickled» blood cells don't flow freely in the blood vessels, causing excruciating pain.

«The computer model predicts that by altering this system by up - regulating some genes and down - regulating others, a 60 percent improvement could be achieved without any additional resource — so 60 percent more carbon could be assimilated for no more nitrogen,» Long said.

A series of genetic analyses confirmed that the DNA target sequence had been altered in the transgenic plants, with either DNA insertions or deletions in both copies of the DFR - B gene (so - called bi-allellic mutants).

So the shark - specific signature of adaptation found in the Bag1 gene may indicate an alternative, or modified role for this important gene — one that could alter its tendency to inhibit programmed cell death in sharks.

So far, scientists have found that different populations of living humans have inherited the Neandertal version of genes that cause diabetes, lupus, and Crohn's disease; alter immune function; and affect the function of the protein keratin in skin, nails, and hair.

When the research team used pharmaceuticals to inhibit one function of the endoplasmic reticulum (the building of so - called lipoprotein particles that will export fats out of the cell), the gene activation process was inhibited for many key genes and nuclear ruffling was also altered.

Gene drives could strike a powerful blow against malaria by altering mosquito populations so that they can no longer spread the disease, which kills 650,000 people every year.

A technique used by scientists to alter the genes (DNA) of an animal or other organism, so that its cells produce different proteins and behave differently

These so - called «living drugs» — injected T cells genetically modified to better recognize and kill tumor cells through a perpetual process of cell renewal and expansion — are revolutionizing cancer treatment, with the first two FDA approvals of such gene - altering therapies occurring in just the last two months.

Many HARs are located near genes that control fundamental developmental processes, 9 so their altered regulatory function could have profound effects on human biology.

A novel study from researchers at Karolinska Institutet shows that by using so called random sequence labels, working as barcodes for tracing genetically altered cells, during CRISPR / Cas9 gene knock - outs it is possible to generate more comprehensive data from a smaller number of cells.

That 1975 paper documented the 99 - percent similarity of genes from humans and chimps and suggested that altered gene regulation, rather than changes in coding, might explain how so few genetic changes could produce the wide anatomic and behavioral differences between the two.

But altering the genes of not - yet - existing people is not so much medicine as human experimentation with «better breeding.»

Here's how the treatment works: A patient's blood is filtered so immune cells called T - cells can be altered to contain a cancer - fighting gene.

Picking up where the last film left off, X-Men: The Last Stand centers around both the introduction and widespread manufacture of a gene - altering, so - called cure for mutancy and the reincarnation, in a more powerful and purely instinctual form, of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), now known as Phoenix.

And so we have altered our genes in many, many different ways.