Sentences with phrase «first gene responsible»

Eight years after identifying the first gene responsible for inherited cases of Lou Gehrig's disease, scientists have found another one.

Scientists may have discovered the first gene responsible for how young — or old — we look to others.

Not exact matches

The phase 1 clinical trial is the first to test the functional replacement of the mutated gene responsible for SMA1.

Scientists have discovered the first example of a gene solely responsible for an autoimmune disease, a type of disorder in which the immune system attacks the body.

The scientists were thus for the first time able to identify gene sets responsible for steering specific memory processes.

Rather the opposite was true, the altered epigenetic regulation of the gene was responsible for the development of the fatty liver,» added Sophie Saussenthaler, who shared the first authorship with Baumeier.

While several studies in the intervening years have investigated whether particular genes were responsible for modifying HD onset, this is the first to employ genome - wide association (GWA) analysis, which scans an individual's whole genome to identify chromosomal regions containing variants that are associated with the disease traits that are being studied.

In a world first researchers from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine, led by Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, conducted a genome - wide association study (GWAS) to pinpoint the genes responsible for increasing the risk of a person developing adrenal suppression.

First, the researchers found that the activity of several genes responsible for recognizing and repairing damaged DNA is turned down during the course of the infection.

The first known identification of two genes responsible for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a severe congenital heart defect, has been reported by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

In about 70 percent of the cases, he found a dislocation in a particular region of a certain chromosome, but at first he could not find any protein - coding gene responsible.

From these efforts, we were able to be the first to identify the functional genes responsible for breaking down PCBs.

Christiane Nüsslein - Volhard and Erich Wieschaus were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1995, for the first systematic genetic analysis of embryonic development in the fruit fly, in which they identified genes responsible for the body plan of insect embryos.

The first diseases which benefited from gene therapy were rare genetic diseases in which the gene responsible had been identified, in particular severe immune deficiencies

Kathy Niakan and colleagues are providing new understanding of the genes responsible for a crucial change when groups of cells in the very early embryo first become organised and set on different paths of development.

But there is no way to fix the altered gene instructions responsible for making the enamel weak in the first place.

Oxford University researchers have discovered, for the first time, a single gene responsible for increasing insulin sensitivity in humans.

«But this is the first time on a large scale that we've been able to pinpoint gene culprits or even the actual mutations responsible for cancer susceptibility.»

«ILCs are essential for immune surveillance of the digestive system and this is the first time that we have identified a gene responsible for the production of ILCs.»»

«ILCs are essential for immune surveillance of the digestive systemand this is the first time that we have identified a gene responsible for the production of ILCs.»»

A gene mutation responsible for a devastating heart disease in cats - also a leading cause of sudden death in young athletes - was identified by a research team that included veterinary heart specialists at the School of Veterinary Medicine; this was the first report of a spontaneous genetic mutation causing any type of heart disease in a cat or dog.