Sentences with phrase «gene gun»

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate that in APPswe / PS1DeltaE9 transgenic mice, gene gun mediated Abeta42 gene vaccination elicits a high titer of anti-Abeta42 antibodies causal of a significant reduction of Abeta42 deposition in brain.

Dead of alive: Scourge of the elderly and infirm, influenza could become a thing of the past if gene guns and nasal sprays live up to expectations

For instance, researchers often use so - called «gene guns» to fire particles coated with strands of DNA known as plasmids at large populations of cells.

And Agrobacterium is not essential either; foreign genes can be fired into plant cells on metal particles shot from a «gene gun».

Once the Food and Drug Administration approves the gene gun as a medical device, Sun and Yang hope to aim it at human tumors, particularly those beyond the reach of a scalpel.

* Genetic engineers use viruses, bacteria and a device called a «gene gun» to move genes (small lengths of DNA found in the cells of all living things) from one organism to another.