Sentences with phrase «concern about gene»

A big concern about gene patents is that they hinder genetic research — once one company has patented a gene, other researchers may fear infringing on that patent by conduct further research on it, the argument goes.

That case virtually stopped gene therapy research and spawned widespread safety concerns about gene therapy involving the liver.

Not exact matches

This Wolbachia approach is promising because it doesn't require genetically engineering or modifying the bugs — a strategy that has triggered opposition from people concerned about releasing modified genes into the wild.

But the advent of such revolutionary technologies, as well as others such as CRISPR - Cas9 and gene - editing, have raised concerns about a brave new world where «designer babies» are a possibility.

@DOC in addition to what we know about immunology in animals and humans, what you described concerning bacteria is precisely the definition of adaptation and not evolution, the gene already exists!

«in addition to what we know about immunology in animals and humans, what you described concerning bacteria is precisely the definition of adaptation and not evolution, the gene already exists!

This concern about artificially transferring genes between kingdoms and species in a way that has never occurred naturally is now being validated by a large body of science.

Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings had some general complaints about the committee that seemed to include Rice, noting his concern for the qualifications for some proposed members.

But he is far more concerned about the potential for accidental release of gene - drive organisms by scientists, he says.

«Americans worried about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood: US adults show more concern than enthusiasm for using these to «enhance» human abilities.»

Concerning your story «A wrinkle pill that feeds your genes» (24 September, p 10), never mind the wrinkles, what about...

But concern lingers about how the HapMap will perform in the hunt for disease genes.

A controversial paper about modifying genes in fertilized human eggs raised some serious ethical concerns.

The discoveries of these proteins and genes have the potential to address a wide range of critical agricultural problems in the future, including the limited availability of water for crops, the need to increase water use efficiency in lawns as well as crops and concerns among farmers about the impact heat stress will have in their crops as global temperatures and CO2 levels continue to rise.

A major concern about genetically modified (GM) crops is that they might spread their genes to nearby weeds or organic crops.

Some on the panel suggested they were particularly sensitive about such concerns given that it was at UPenn in 1999 that a young man, Jessie Gelsinger, died in a gene therapy trial, setting the field back for years.

Discovering what mutations mean Researchers concerned about patent infringement may abandon research on mutations within patented genes, hindering progress to understand all of a mutation's effects.

Concerns have been raised about the safety of gene therapy in the past, not least about links between the viruses used to transfer the genes and disease.

Scientists who attended a meeting in Napa, California, in January to discuss potential uses of germline gene - editing have written a perspective paper about their concerns for publication in Science.

He is also concerned about China, which prohibits gene - editing of embryos but does not strictly enforce similar rules, as shown by failed attempts to curb the use of ultrasound for sex selection and to stamp out unauthorized stem - cell clinics.

Adam, a robot designed at Aberystwyth University in the UK, created 20 hypotheses about yeast genes and illuminated a decades - old puzzle concerning which genes code for an enzyme.

Harris cited other examples of concern — a review of 100 studies in the field of psychology in which the findings in only about a third of the studies were reproducible; an effort by scientists at Bayer, another large drug company, that managed to reproduce the findings of only one - quarter of the studies under review; a just - published review of 25 historical candidate genes for schizophrenia which found no evidence that the candidate genes are more associated with the disease than other genes.

We are concerned that a public outcry about such an ethical breach could hinder a promising area of therapeutic development,» write Lanphier and his colleagues, who include Fyodor Urnov, a pioneer in gene - editing techniques and scientist at Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California.

«There are safety and environmental concerns about releasing an organism that has a gene drive into the wild,» Ossorio says.

They also say they are concerned about the antibiotic resistance marker gene that the wheat contains, and assert that the researchers «are openly releasing a synthetic version of a compound that... has had no long - term health safety tests whatsoever for human consumption, or for its impacts on non-target species.»

Nonetheless, the result has renewed concern about the oversight of clinical trials for gene therapy.

Next Wave asked: If research on gene vectors can be used not only to further gene therapy but also — potentially — to aid in the development of biological weapons, should scientists be concerned about the potential applications of their research in genetics (as Joseph Rotblat suggested in a 19 Nov 1999 editorial in Science magazine?)

Gene drive research also raises regulatory concerns about biosafety, biosecurity, and the potential for this technology intended for human benefit to be intentionally misused for harmful purposes.

This concern was also brought to the forefront of the scientific and public consciousness when a report by Chinese scientists described the use of CRISPR - Cas to modify a gene in human embryos making them resistant to HIV infection [to learn more about CRISPR - Cas, read our previous blog].

Concerns about immunological consequences of rAAV - mediated gene transfer were substantiated by the outcome of a clinical trial in which human hemophilia B patients were infused into the liver with rAAV -2-F.

Approve of stem cell research, transgenic animal research and human gene therapy, although strict laws are needed to alleviate concern about ethical issues

There is some concern about using CRISPR - Cas9 as a therapy, because while it could delete the damaged portion from the HD gene, it could also permanently remove a part of the healthy copy.

The genomes of bacteriodes and enterococcus reinforce something scientists have been concerned about for years: the remarkable fluidity of the bacterial gene pool.

The concern is that people, armed with raw data about their genes but lacking a full understanding of what that data means for them on a practical level, could experience stress or seek unnecessary treatment.

You've probably read about concerns over «designer babies,» whose DNA is shaped by gene editing.

Lysogene's MPS IIIA gene therapy clinical trial strategy includes a partnership with the MPS patient networks to ensure families are well informed about our development program and are able to make informed choices concerning the best treatment strategy for their children.

Some of the concerns raised about somatic gene transfer are related to the possibility that it could inadvertently lead to germline gene transfer.

The impressive / shameful statistics were gathered by Jemima Harrison, who prepared the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, and who says — though we joke somewhat about Yogi» s rampant sex life — they should raise serious concerns about his growing gene pool dominance.

And even if that had been successful, there were concerns about the species» longevity due to inbreeding, and a narrowing gene pool.