Sentences with phrase «gene research in»

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Advances in molecular biology and bioinformatics have led to an explosion of research on the causes of hearing loss and how to fix it with drugs or gene therapy.

«The geopolitical risk in the market has a pretty high premium,» said Gene McGillian, vice president of research at Tradition Energy.

In 2015, the viral «Ice Bucket Challenge» helped fund groundbreaking research that led to the discovery of a gene associated with the disease.

In our tests, the Gene Knockout Kit gave us greater than 80 percent knock - out rates for seven targets,» shares Shondra Miller, Ph.D., Director, Center for Advanced Genome Engineering at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, on Synthego's web site.

But organizers of the International Summit on Human Gene Editing said editing genes in human embryos was permissible for research purposes, so long as the modified cells would not be implanted to establish a pregnancy.

The group's guidance follows calls for various bans on use of the technology known as CRISPR - Cas9, which has quickly become the preferred method of gene editing in research labs because of its ease of use compared with older techniques.

«The market continues to hunt for a bottom,» said Gene McGillian, manager of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.

Keith Fargo, the Alzheimer's Association director of scientific programs and outreach, told Business Insider in 2017 that the Alzheimer's report, which would tell me whether I had a mutation on my APOE gene, was more useful in the context of research than it was for predicting who might get the disease.

Recent research clearly indicates that in some cases, environment triggers genetic tendencies, that certain situations trigger genes that would otherwise lie dormant.

At the third annual Goldman Sachs Research Innovation Symposium, we asked leaders in space, gene editing, music and more.

On the supply side, evolving technology and industry dynamics have driven cutting edge research and investments in diverse areas like gene therapy, early detection / diagnostics, personalized medicine and telemedicine, to better meet the demand for cost efficient and accessible healthcare.

«If I have offended you to say it's in the genes, it is so that I might provoke sociologists to do [new] research,» said Stark.

Dawkins was also well known by the public as a great scientist, though his true talent was in communicating scientific ideas in books such as The Selfish Gene (Oxford University Press) rather than in his actual research.

I spent a year researching a 96 basepair region of the non-coding region of a gene in an attempt to demonstrate its supposed enhancer properties on that gene.

New research suggests it may be possible to restore susceptibility to antibiotics in superbugs by locating and inactivating genes that promote resistance.

Recent research has shown different genes to be at work in the flesh versus skin of the sweet potato producing different concentrations of anthocyanin antioxidants.

Therefore, the plants with genes for superhot chiles had more offspring than the chiles with other parents.The mutation was discovered in 2016 by Dr. Peter Cooke of the New Mexico State University Core University Research Resources Laboratory.

But what's really significant in the research is the identification of which genes are selectively affected by consumption of dietary fat or by capsaicin.

That's why I lead research at BRRI to discover native varieties in our Gene Bank that might have higher amounts of micronutrients to help combat iron and zinc deficiencies.

Dr. Kshirod K. Jena, a principal scientist at IRRI whose research has been on breaking the yield barrier of rice using genomics strategy, and his team discovered that the gene Gn1a - type 3 allele had not been very effective in indica cultivars.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

Phung Thi Phuong Nhung, IRD - CIRAD Ph.D. scholar, started a research project in 2011 on identifying new genes associated with root developmental traits in a core collection of Vietnamese rice varieties.

Scientists from Japan and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have discovered a rice gene that in preliminary testing increased production by 13 - 36 % in modern long - grain indica rice varieties — the world's most widely grown types of rice.

«For many years, we have searched for genes that improve phosphorus uptake,» said Dr. Sigrid Heuer, senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and leader of the team that published the discovery in Nature.

«Our research also suggests that the aroma gene did not originate in Thai Jasmine rice.»

In 2012, at the Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur, I saw a new variety of GM cotton carrying two so - called «stacked» Bt genes in one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhilIn 2012, at the Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur, I saw a new variety of GM cotton carrying two so - called «stacked» Bt genes in one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhilin Nagpur, I saw a new variety of GM cotton carrying two so - called «stacked» Bt genes in one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhilin one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhile.

To clear up confusion about the origin of the aroma gene found in Thai Jasmine rice, scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) analyzed 318 varieties of aromatic rice from the International Rice Genebank, including 16 types of Thai Jasmine rice.

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Jordan happened to be the favorite player of research fellow Steve Miller, the discoverer of the gene family whose leaps enabled Miller and biologist David Kirk to isolate four genes in the algae Volvox that regulate aspects of cell life.

And while scientists can't point to a «happiness» gene or isolate a «moody» nodule in the brain, an abundance of research shows that your baby's temperament — her basic emotional and social style — is hardwired in her brain.

Other research shows that ADHD children with a particular gene variation have thinner tissue in the area of the brain that's associated with attention.

The recent Lancet Breastfeeding Series refers to new discoveries being made about breastmilk — such as its role in gene expression — so it can be expected that Nestle will use the strategy of launching «new improved» formulas that are «closer to breastmilk» for decades to come (Nestle is currently investing heavily in epigentics research).

(Some research has homed in on a gene that codes for a transporter of the brain chemical serotonin.)

Entitled Social science and epigenetics: opportunities and challenges, the symposium will seek to examine how multidisciplinary research into epigenetics — the science of the lasting marks that modify the expression of the genes encoded in our DNA — might help provide answers to societal concerns including why deprivation has such a marked impact on child development and on health outcomes.

«Our licence committee has approved an application from Dr. Kathy Niakan of the Francis Crick Institute to renew her laboratory's research licence to include gene editing of embryos,» the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said in a statement.

In the current study, Whitney, along with colleagues John Hinson, WSU professor of psychology, and Hans Van Dongen, director of the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane, compared how people with different variations of the DRD2 gene performed on tasks designed to test both their ability to anticipate events and their cognitive flexibility in response to changing circumstanceIn the current study, Whitney, along with colleagues John Hinson, WSU professor of psychology, and Hans Van Dongen, director of the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane, compared how people with different variations of the DRD2 gene performed on tasks designed to test both their ability to anticipate events and their cognitive flexibility in response to changing circumstancein response to changing circumstances.

«Cancer cells disguise themselves by switching off genes, new research reveals: A genome - wide map of the genes switched off in aggressive tumors reveals a «signature».»

In the new research, which was conducted in collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsIn the new research, which was conducted in collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsin collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsin Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsy.

This study built on previous research from the Sundrud lab, which showed that when TH17 cells entered the intestine in human tissue samples, they increased the expression of a gene called MDR1.

For Molly Schumer, a postdoctoral fellow in genetics and evolutionary biology at Harvard Medical School, the fellowship will help fund her research on how evolutionary forces affect our genes, focusing in particular on a persistent trait that can cause melanoma in swordtail fish.

Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes.

The RAC model of diverse committee membership and open meetings has ensured a public voice in the review of the safety and ethics of gene therapy research among academic and industrial investigators.

Dr. Giedd's research team seeks to use cutting edge technologies to explore the relationship between genes, brain and behavior in healthy development and in neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood onset.

In the new research, the UB scientists found they could reverse those social deficits with a very low dose of romidepsin, which, they found, restores gene expression and function using an epigenetic mechanism, where gene changes are caused by influences other than DNA sequences.

Because the genes that are massively amplified in the neochromosomes are essential for the cell's survival, drugs that turn those off are an obvious target for research.

«Through our research we discovered that defense against extracellular pathogens (ETD) involves different plant genes from those involved in the defense against intracellular pathogens.

A large - scale genetic study published in The Lancet in 2012 found no relationship between gene variants that increased HDL and the likelihood of heart attack (though this research did not evaluate the SCARB1 variants).

Rather than carry out conventional bulk analysis of cells, the research group examined individual cells, screening them for the presence of two critical gene mutations common in AML, known as FLT3 and NPM1.

Using gene editing to create rodents that are ideal research models could narrow the genetic divide between humans and their animal stand - ins.

Analysis suggests that the gene cluster is likely to be actively expressed and producing the toxin, so the research team are interested in performing further research to understand what effects carrying this bacterium has on the animals.