Sentences with phrase «crucial immune genes»

And within the last 70,000 years, interbreeding with Neanderthals gave us crucial immune genes that may have helped us go global.

They discovered that crucial immune genes are suppressed while the larva lives within the ladybug, but then reactivate after the larva emerges.

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These two genes are crucial for tightening the reins on the immune system to prevent it from reacting to benign agents and triggering asthma symptoms.

They looked specifically for genes coding the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-- a molecule found on the surface of cells that acts as a crucial component of the immune systems of most vertebrates.

A single gene appears to play a crucial role in coordinating the immune system and metabolism, and deleting the gene in mice reduces body fat and extends lifespan, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA HNRCA) on Aging at Tufts University and Yale University School of Medicine.

In a study led by Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research member Dr. Julian Martinez - Agosto, UCLA scientists have shown that two genes not previously known to be involved with the immune system play a crucial role in how progenitor stem cells are activated to fight infection.

The Dockrell group is focusing on genes and cells that play a crucial role in polarisation of the immune responses and that could affect vaccine efficacy.