Sentences with phrase «dangerous mutations»

When free radicals come into contact with body cells, they cause damage that can result in potentially dangerous mutations.

Because each potentially dangerous mutation is rare, most people choose instead to play the odds and hope their children will be healthy — a strategy that sometimes results in tragedy.

Because of this isolation, all four subpopulations show potentially harmful levels of inbreeding, which increases the likelihood of dangerous mutations appearing in individuals and possibly an inability to reproduce.

Several of the authors, among them Mary - Claire King of the University of Washington, Seattle, BRCA1's discoverer, say all women regardless of family history should learn whether they carry dangerous mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Precursor cells can turn into other kinds of neurons, and could accumulate dangerous mutations during their many divisions, says Loring.

That lack of openness prevents the larger scientific community from studying the way influenza viruses spread and accrue dangerous mutations, critics say.

The absence of mutations posing dangers of disease and cancer suggest that van Andel - Schipper had a superior system for repairing or aborting cells with dangerous mutations.

Besides being cheaper and easier to use, CRISPR is also much more precise, reducing the risk of off - target modifications introducing dangerous mutations.

Sometimes, free radical activity is completely harmless — either the mutation itself is harmless, or the cell dies before it can pass on a more dangerous mutation.

Trapped in the famously labyrinthine Spencer Mansion, as Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, ravenous zombies and dangerous mutations lie behind every corner in Resident Evil, often obscured or blocked by inventive environmental puzzles.

In fact, in an ongoing clinical trial that is transplanting cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), gene sequencing is used to ensure the transplanted cell products are free of dangerous mutations.

Left unchecked, these free radicals cause damage to body cells that can result in potentially dangerous mutations.

«Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern: New strain of H1N1 may carry dangerous mutations.»

Self - fertilization also can increase the odds of a dangerous mutation becoming common in a population.

They can also give rise, however, to potentially dangerous mutations, possibly including ones that lead to cancerous tumors.

Because any sample of cancer cells is likely to contain thousands of mutations, advanced analytic tools are needed to distinguish harmless «passenger» mutations from the dangerous mutations driving the disease.

Maybe this increase in repression is a kind of tumor - suppression mechanism, keeping aging satellite cells — which could have accumulated some dangerous mutations over the passing months and years — in check.»

Dangerous mutation may have stuck around because it shields those with fair skin from UV radiation

Women who have a dangerous mutation might choose to have more stringent screening or opt to have surgery before a cancer develops, they said.

By getting rid of free radicals, antioxidants can protect your dog's cells from damage that may lead to dangerous mutations.