Sentences with phrase «at whether mutations»

Further research would look at whether mutations of the same gene in humans could contribute to depression.

Not exact matches

James Lupski, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, says that when his team identifies a potentially disease - causing mutation in a patient genome, he e-mails other scientists to see whether they have found similar mutations.

Once that becomes available to the general population at an affordable price, he says, geneticists will be able to track your DNA letter by letter across generations to find out whether a rare trait was inherited from your mother or from your father or acquired through a unique mutation.

«It may not just be whether a mutation occurs,» says Bruce Ponder, a longtime cancer researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Under the new recommendations, the parents would learn not only if their child's heart condition is due to a particular gene mutation — they'd also learn whether she is at high risk of certain breast cancers, colon cancers, cardiomyopathies, aneurysms, and other diseases.

Another research goal is to find out whether the mutation leads to specific types of tumours or cancers that are triggered at a particular time of life.

With the help of modern genetic technology and the resources of the International Rice GeneBank, which contains more than 112,000 different types of rice, evolutionary biologist Kenneth Olsen, PhD, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been able to look back in time and ask whether the same mutations underlay the emergence of the same traits in both cultivated and weedy rice.

Sen. McCain's doctors will likely look at the genetics of his tumor and its mutations, and try to understand whether a personalized treatment option would be a good fit based on what's driving his particular tumor.

To see whether point mutations, which affect just one DNA base in mtDNA, are directly involved in aging, a team of researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle charted mtDNA mutation frequency in normal mice and «mitochondrial mutator» mice.

They sought to understand whether new genetic mutations occurring after chemotherapy erupted spontaneously due to acquired resistance, or whether the mutations already existed at very low levels prior to treatment.

Once the mutation has been corrected at the stem cell level, we will investigate whether the repaired (mutation - free) iPS cells can be differentiated into functional cardiomyocytes with normal Ca2 + handling properties, while closely monitoring the cells for mutagenic events.

At the moment, it is not clear whether the increased risk in some families is due to the type of mutation or to interaction with environmental factors such as smoking.

In his talk at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Austin Feb. 16, Bao revealed results from a series of tests to see whether CRISPR / Cas9 - based editing can fix the mutation.

Coagulation genetic markers, such as Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Mutation, determine whether a patient is at significantly higher risk for blood clotting.

A test for the gene mutation which puts dogs at high risk can be done so you can check whether your pet is at risk.