Sentences with phrase «defective gene responsible»

The defective gene responsible for the loss of the tail also affects other parts of the spine and may cause severe spinal and / or neurological problems.

A few months later he began a postdoctoral fellowship with Horvitz, who suggested he try to identify the defective gene responsible for the grotesquery that was the bag of worms.

Still, the standard form of liver - targeted gene therapy carries a range of potential complications, including the risk of harmful mutations and of the body mounting an immune response against the viral vectors used to carry the correct forms of the defective genes responsible for haemophilia.

Because they are less likely to have the defective genes responsible for these conditions, many mutts avoid health problems that are more common in their purebred cousins.

Not exact matches

Patients that have a defective gene called RPE65 — which is responsible for producing a protein that makes light receptors in the eye — suffer from leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa, yet now have hope.

Defective genes can be caused by mutations in either the maternally - inherited mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) or more frequently, the genes located on the autosomes, the 23 pairs of chromosomes which are responsible for all traits and all other genetic diseases.

Just like humans, monkeys are occasionally born with a defective gene that is responsible for some of the color receptors in their retinas, leaving them red — green color - blind.