Sentences with phrase «certain genes in the body»

A new study shows that loneliness may change how certain genes in the body work, leaving chronically lonely people with less effective immune systems and lower defenses against disease.

Conduits are humans who have have been affected by the Ray Sphere, a device created by the First Sons which awakens a certain gene in the body and gives the victim superpowers.

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A byproduct of the discovery of RNAi was the finding that although cells in the human body only contain one strand of RNA, they do have micro-RNA — tiny sections of RNA that can act a little like double - stranded RNA and also silence the activity of certain genes.

For the first time, Whitehead Institute scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes — fam57ba and doc2a — in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures, hyperactivity, enlarged head size, and obesity.

These findings may help explain why some people with mutations in certain ribosomal protein genes develop conditions such as Diamond - Blackfan anemia — a blood disorder in which the bone marrow doesn't make enough red blood cells — but don't have problems in other body tissues, Ware says.

In his new study, Michael Petris, associate professor of biochemistry, was able to modify mice so that they were missing the ATP7A gene in certain areas of the body, specifically the intestinal track where nutrient absorption takes placIn his new study, Michael Petris, associate professor of biochemistry, was able to modify mice so that they were missing the ATP7A gene in certain areas of the body, specifically the intestinal track where nutrient absorption takes placin certain areas of the body, specifically the intestinal track where nutrient absorption takes place.

«These findings help us to understand where in the body the function of this gene is vital and how the loss of the gene in certain tissues can give rise to Menke's disease,» said Petris, who is a researcher in the Bond Life Sciences Center and holds an appointment in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.

About 30 years ago, scientists found a link between MS and certain variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a cluster of genes that help the immune system distinguish between the body's own proteins and those of microbial invaders.

In - the - body gene therapies often take advantage of the natural tendency of viruses to infect certain organs.

Gene sequencing provides an organism's genome sequence, but gene expression profiling reveals where and when in the body certain genes are actGene sequencing provides an organism's genome sequence, but gene expression profiling reveals where and when in the body certain genes are actgene expression profiling reveals where and when in the body certain genes are active.

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.

• In nutrigenomics, the basic goal is to discover how diet affects metabolic pathways in the body and how this regulation may be disturbed in diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated gene absorb higher levels of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosiIn nutrigenomics, the basic goal is to discover how diet affects metabolic pathways in the body and how this regulation may be disturbed in diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated gene absorb higher levels of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosiin the body and how this regulation may be disturbed in diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated gene absorb higher levels of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosiin diet - related disease — i.e., humans with a certain mutated gene absorb higher levels of fat from the intestine, leading to elevated cholesterol and possible atherosclerosis.

Scientists are now thinking that DNA might play a role in the way the body processes caffeine, with a certain gene variant slowing the metabolism of coffee.

All these things like; skin pigmentation, eye color, certain diseases are the result of our parent's genes which present in our body.

There are veterinarians who think that certain diseases are more common in cats because of portions of the FLV virus that remain locked deep within the genes of their body.