Sentences with phrase «gene pathways»

The company plans on incorporating gene pathways present in other microbes, plants and animals into these bacteria to give them the ability to store energy.
Little is known about how gene pathways in any organism create phenotypes (observable traits such as color, shape, and behavior, to microscopic physiological functions).
The project came out of a collaboration with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to identify gene pathways that could be used to breed crops with higher yields.
Little is known about how gene pathways in any organism create phenotypes (observable traits such as color, shape, and behavior, to microscopic physiological functions).
Next, to ask which biological functions were enriched among marine - accelerated genes, they searched databases of gene pathways and mutant phenotypes.
Further work is required to consider if certain gene pathways may provide a base for useful interventions.»
Furthermore, eliminating a number of the genes known to work in the same gene pathway as Notch created similar chaotic patterns in the embryos, they report in the 18 June issue of Nature.
Hunting for new boosting agents, researchers discovered a new gene pathway that also converts ethionamide into an active form even when ethA mutations exist.
The researchers also examined gene expression in pre-existing skin biopsies from the same twins to identify possible gene pathways linked to acne.
Loss of the PBRM1 gene function caused the cancer cells to have increased expression of other genes, including gene pathway known as IL6 / JAK - STAT 3, which are involved in immune system stimulation.
«By developing «new targets of opportunity» to eradicate prostate cancers with PI3K gene pathway mutations, Dr. Hsieh's team is bringing us closer to more potent and precise solutions for currently treatment - resistant prostate cancer,» said Jonathan W. Simons, MD, president and CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
Preventing Cancer Sulforaphane - filled broccoli sprouts, in oral and topical form, are shown by Kimmel Cancer Center investigators to reactivate a cancer - preventing gene pathway in breast, lung, stomach, and skin cancers.
Tumors that respond initially to treatment eventually become resistant, but new research reveals how cancer gene pathways conspire to circumvent therapy.
A milkshake, hamburger, and French fries turns on genes that promote inflammation, whereas 2 cups of steamed broccoli turn on anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory gene pathways.
Though the research is currently limited to animals only, scientists have been able to significantly increase muscle building when muscles have been placed under loaded stretches - presumably by creating additional muscle damage and by stimulating the same gene pathways switched on by the tension of muscle contraction.
Recent studies have found that ALL cases are often characterized by mutations in a certain gene pathway, called JAK3 / STAT5.
The study used an unbiased systems biology - based method to search for genes and gene pathways in blood samples that best distinguished ASD infants and toddlers from typically developing toddlers and toddlers with non-autism developmental delays.
Two years into her research on a mouse - model study of a gene pathway's role in the immune system, she joined UCB Celltech.
The study was the first of its kind to employ genome - wide reverse engineering to identify the gene pathways that contribute to periodontitis.
One gene pathway (the p53 pathway), which regulates programmed cell death, was found to be less expressed in acne sufferers» skin.
Though quite extensive, this research is only part of a larger process to map the relationships between all the gene pathways that govern aging, illuminating this critical process in yeast, worms and mammals.
And it demonstrates genes and gene pathways that may be functionally involved in the ability of bladder cancer to resist therapy.
But the new research suggests that problems with one gene pathway may cause both kinds of defects, says developmental biologist Harold Slavkin of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in Bethesda, Maryland.
The team suspected that variations in a gene pathway controlled by the tumor suppressor gene p53 could have both positive and negative effects on human health.
Some gene pathways and genomic regions have been associated with the focal traits of our project.
Some gene pathways and genomic regions have been associated with the focal traits of our project.
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