Sentences with phrase «completely new genes»

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The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, uncovered 52 genes for intelligence, of which 40 were completely new discoveries.

McCaffrey and his colleagues were trying to shut down the activity of a gene in living mice, using a completely new type of drug.

The system can yield dose - response curves for candidate drugs, screen the phenotypes of large numbers of gene mutations, or execute complex custom protocols for completely new experiments.

But this is the first time, to my knowledge, that the direct link is established from a novel gene to a novel structure to the invasion of a completely new ecological opportunity,» said Abderrahman Khila, an evolutionary and developmental genomicist at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon, who led the study on the delicate insects called water striders.

«This is a completely new way of transmitting genes,» Raoult says, and it could be driving evolution of new species in as - yet - unknown ways.

The team used a new approach to gene sequencing that enabled them to completely reconstruct the virus» previously unknown genome in less than 24 hours — significantly faster than conventional sequencing techniques, which can take days to weeks.

For example, they might completely disrupt genes, modulate them, or cause them to be processed into entirely new proteins.

Scientists have already used the resource to identify hundreds of thousands of gene - phenotypes associations, many of which are completely new.

GMOs, or «genetically modified organisms,» are living things whose genetic material has «incorporated new genes from one species into a completely unrelated species through genetic engineering, optimizing agricultural performance or facilitating the production of valuable pharmaceutical substances from two species,» according to

Methanococcus jannaschii was like nothing scientists had ever seen before — more than half its genes were completely new.

This work, published in «Blood», was carried out by the CNIO Telomeres and Telomerase Group The treatment is based on the transport of the telomerase gene to the bone marrow cells using gene therapy, a completely new strategy in the treatment of aplastic anaemia

«This leads to genes being placed in new genomic environments with different regulatory elements, and was a completely unexpected finding.»

The new «gene drive» mechanism has the potential to reduce or completely extirpate a population of rapidly reproducing sexual organisms such as mosquitoes, fleas, tree - killing insects, and invasive non-native plants and animals.

While we don't completely understand why there are differences between individuals, new research suggests our genes may play a major role in determining the running of our body clocks.