Sentences with phrase «by giving them genes»

Bishop increased the killing power of viruses that attack caterpillar pests by giving them a gene for scorpion venom.

T - cells can be programmed to recognise these by giving them genes for tailor - made receptors called chimeric antigen receptors (CARs).

Not exact matches

Just by hinting at the existence of moral knowledge, Dawkins gives us reason to doubt that we actually do live in a world ruled by gangster genes.

On August 5, 2003, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), following initial action by the House of Deputies of ECUSA's General Convention, gave its consent (by a ratio of roughly 60 - 40) to the election of the Reverend V. Gene Robinson to become the next Bishop of the....

Richard Dawkins, in his celebrated book, The Selfish Gene, exemplifies the same position.3 And a similar reduction of biology to a molecular science may be found in the writings of E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Jacques Monod and numerous other highly respected scientific writers.4 In Chance and Necessity, for example, Monod gives one of the most forceful renditions of the view that biochemical analysis is «obviously» the sole avenue to understanding the secret of life.5 Decades ago Jacques Loeb had already set forth the program of inquiry still emulated today by many biologists:

I wish more creationists would win Darwin awards, which are given to very stupid people who help the gene pool by their own death, thus eliminating their genes from the gene pool.

Rollie Fingers tied a Padre mark by picking up his 16th save, and rookie Outfielder Gene Richards stole four bases in five tries, giving him 20 in 23 attempts and putting him among the league leaders.

Researchers believe that the pheromones given off by the top of a baby's head disable our aggressive impulses, making it more likely that babies will survive to pass on their genes.

Chen and his colleagues, postdocs Xiongyi Huang, Jennifer Kan, and graduate student Ruijie Zhang, did this by giving the bacteria a copy of a gene that encodes an enzyme called cytochrome P450.

The bacteria behind gonorrhoea readily acquire genes for resisting drugs and so from 2012, UK patients were given two antibiotics at once — azithromycin pills plus a ceftriaxone injection — so if bacteria acquired resistance to one, they would be killed by the other.

That gives it more gene - sequencing capacity, Wince - Smith said, than all of the genome centers supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health combined.

«If we know which genes are damaged in a breast cancer patient's immune system, prevention or even therapy can be tailored by giving vaccines or perhaps antiviral drugs to reduce the chances of recurrence,» said Friedenson.

Researchers led by Xiao - Jiang Li, MD, PhD and Shihua Li, MD, at Emory University School of Medicine, used genetically engineered mice in which the huntingtin gene can be deleted, triggered only when the mice are given the drug tamoxifen.

You can certainly increase your genes by giving up your job and your marriage and taking care of your sister's kids.

A gene apparently bestowed on humanity by bacteria may have been given to both by a virus.

Human cells infected by the viruses produced the gene products, giving T cells an advance exposure to them.

For example, mice have been given an extra color vision gene in the lab, and it has been shown that the protein manufactured by that gene expands the scope of their vision by enhancing their ability to see longer - wavelength light without any other changes in the brain.

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.

Humans are still evolving and producing new gene variants, and one of them may give protection against becoming addicted to alcohol - by stopping us drinking altogether

The process, reported in Human Reproduction, utilizes DNA fingerprinting (an assessment of active genes in a given cell) to boost the success rate of IVF and lower the chances of risky multiple births by identifying which of several five - day - old embryos are most likely to result in pregnancy The new method, which will replace unproved alternatives such as choosing embryos based on their shape, is likely to up the success of women becoming pregnant and lower their chances of having multiple births.

Are molecular meddlings — from the man - made pig and the gene - whacked salmon to the genetically modified soy that hundreds of millions of us consume each day in cookies, crackers, candy bars, and sodas — are these transformations condoned by the tools nature itself has given us, or are they freaks and abominations?

The object of the experiment is to mutate a gene in the bacteria, giving it antibiotic resistance, then prove it by dosing the cultures with antibiotics.

Williamson says he was «disappointed» by the slowness of the government's response, particularly when the Clothier committee had given a markedly positive response to the principle of gene therapy.

This research shows how global studies of our genes can give insight into how our taste for different foods may have been influenced by variation in our ability to smell, and, excitingly, show that it is possible to see back into deep evolutionary time and reconstruct the sensory world of our distant ancestors.

Within the multitude of oceanic bacteria alone, he calculated, any given gene is struck by four mutations every 20 minutes.

To identify the genes that give rise to the palette of human skin tones, Crawford et al. applied genome - wide analyses across diverse African populations (see the Perspective by Tang and Barsh).

Although that marker, called IL21, had not previously been associated with autoimmune diseases, the gene that produces it sits right in the stretch of DNA known to make these mice vulnerable to diabetes, suggesting that IL21 might make a drug target, says Sarvetnick.Furthermore, by giving the animals a shot of dead bacteria — similar to an immunization in humans — when they were newborns, Sarvetnick and her colleagues prevented a surfeit of CD4 + and CD8 + cells.

By identifying the genes in any given taste cell, scientists can pinpoint the unique molecular components needed for that cell to carry out its particular function.

Last week, however, the Philippines» Department of Agriculture gave the green light to YieldGard, a corn variety developed by seed giant Monsanto and approved in the U.S. that carries a foreign gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

Studying how genes affect different drugs manufactured by different companies gives Poirier greater influence on future drug development, he feels, which would not be possible if he was employed at any one pharmaceutical research lab.

So what this shows is it sort of gives us a window to say, well, one way the gene duplication allows novelty or specialization or adaptation is by having more genetic parts to work with — each part can be optimized and specialized in a way that if you just have one part, you can do.

Simply incorporating the gene, known as Bt, into a plant gives it resistance to pests, without requiring periodic spraying by the farmer.

By using random series of 30 nucleotides — the building blocks of RNA and DNA — he thought he could give neurons unique barcodes, linking the barcodes across synapses, then create maps of their connections using high - throughput gene sequencing technology.

Sabeti's technique identifies versions of genes that have been created by random mutation and then retained — because they give their owners some natural advantage over individuals who do not have the mutation.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company its first patent in 1997; by 2000 the patent office had awarded it eight more, in effect giving Myriad ownership of the genes.

Given that artificial synthetic siRNAs can transfer through placenta, we can try to use gene therapy to treat fetal disease by maternal administration.»

Equally importantly, it may become feasible to perform these trials in people who are HD gene carriers, but who do not yet show symptoms, by giving evidence for which trials may postpone onset and provide more healthy years of life,» added Myers.

The bioethics commission, chaired by Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, argues that physicians, researchers, and companies marketing DNA tests need to reframe how they think about all of this: While of course no one knows what will be buried in a given gene sequence, the fact that ancillary findings may be part of it should hardly be a surprise.

Recent advances «give us reasonable hope that gene therapy will enter the armamentarium» to treat genetic blood disorders, some cancers, and inherited diseases, Fischer said, adding: «We might be very close to approval by regulatory authorities.»

The tomato aficionado might conclude that, given the immense varieties — which go by such fanciful names as Aunt Gertie's Gold and the Green Zebra — heirlooms must have a more diverse and superior set of genes than their grocery store cousins, those run - of - the - mill hybrid varieties such as beefsteak, cherry and plum.

By ordering the beads, we determine the DNA sequence for a given gene.

One gene by itself does not give E. coli life.

«The genome can give probabilities, not absolutes,» said Venter, pointing out that even inherited diseases with a strong, single - gene component, such as cystic fibrosis, aren't perfectly predicted by genetics.

«This study gives a glimpse into the mechanism by which different mutations within the same gene can cause distinct defects in the brain, and may help to explain how they may contribute to different disorders,» says Guoping Feng, the James W. and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, and the senior author of the study.

The dramatic proof came in an experiment in which the researchers were able to make a mouse more caring for females by giving it the vasopressin receptor gene from the prairie vole, well known for being faithful and social.

One is to identify disease genes — particularly those involved in conditions with complex origins, such as asthma and heart disease — by comparing genetic sequences within a group of patients with a given disease.

Given all the drugs on the market, geneticist Kerry Kornfeld and his colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, speculated that some of these drugs might retard aging or promote longevity by affecting one of those gene targets.

Some researchers have argued that endogenised retroviruses may be key to how species diverge from each other, by activating different body plans and gene networks that may give one individual an edge over other members of the species.

«Screening for these genes also would give these families potentially life - saving information to prevent colon cancer by encouraging individuals with the genes to increase the frequency of their colonoscopies.»

«By evaluating microRNAs in the CSF, it may become feasible to perform these trials in people who are HD gene carriers, but who do not yet show symptoms, by giving evidence for which trials may postpone onset and provide more healthy years of life,» added MyerBy evaluating microRNAs in the CSF, it may become feasible to perform these trials in people who are HD gene carriers, but who do not yet show symptoms, by giving evidence for which trials may postpone onset and provide more healthy years of life,» added Myerby giving evidence for which trials may postpone onset and provide more healthy years of life,» added Myers.