Sentences with phrase «altering effect of the gene»

The brain - size - altering effect of the gene is what led the researchers to study the impact on IQ.

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Genetic variation can take the form of common base changes (polymorphisms) that alter gene function or rare base changes (mutations) that often have highly deleterious effects.

She concludes that finding drugs to alter the expression of these genes could mitigate the effects of oxidative stress, treating some symptoms of Down's prenatally.

Researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL (University College London) have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind - altering effects of smoking cannabis.

A new study suggests that epigenetic effects — chemical modifications of the human genome that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence — may sometimes influence sexual orientation.

However, a period of mid or late gestation exposure had a greater effect on the development of the fetus and the number of altered genes and proteins in the fetus» ovary.

Von Roemeling and the research team then individually silenced each of the top 200 altered genes to see the effect on tumor growth.

When implanted into mice, the pool of altered cells maintained their gene edits long - term, with no signs of side effects.

Years of diabetes research carried out on mice whose DNA had been altered with a human growth hormone gene is now ripe for reinterpretation after a new study by researchers at KU Leuven confirms that the gene had an unintended effect on the mice's insulin production, a key variable in diabetes research.

For each gene, the researchers compared the number of single letter mutations that alter the encoded protein versus silent mutations that have no effect.

However, within the group that remain altered after 24 h are some genes that may underly the positive effects of hypoxic preconditioning [43,63].

It will have secondary and further effects, altering mechanisms and rates of gene expression for other proteins, and thus may or may not end up achieving the result that theory suggests it will.

There, they had used the tactic of overexpressing BCl2, a gene that counteracts cell death, but the new approach avoids permanently altering the genes in stem cells, which may have long - term adverse effects.

Polymorphisms in five of 15 genes (33 %) encoding molecules known to primarily influence pancreatic beta - cell function - ABCC8 (sulphonylurea receptor), KCNJ11 (KIR6.2), SLC2A2 (GLUT2), HNF4A (HNF4alpha), and INS (insulin)- significantly altered disease risk, and in three genes, the risk allele, haplotype, or both had a biologically consistent effect on a relevant physiological trait in the QT study.

In fact, a study in Child Development revealed that when parents are significantly stressed during their child's first few years of life, some of the child's genes can even be altered, harming development and leading to negative effects years later.

The challenge we now face is how to protect people and the environment from the pervasive and subtle but profound effects of lifelong exposure to multiple chemicals that we now understand have the ability to alter some of the most fundamental building blocks of life on earth — our genes — often at very low levels of exposure.