Sentences with phrase «gene studies suggest»

Several candidate gene studies suggest that variations in HLA class 1 and other genes contribute to differences in antibody response to influenza vaccines [15], [69], [70].

«We don't know what the time period was between the two divergences, but we do know that half of the genes studied suggest that chimpanzees appear to be closer to humans, while the other half contradict this or are ambiguous.»

Not exact matches

In his 2010 book Born Entrepreneurs, Born Leaders, Scott Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University, suggests that genes don't just influence whether a person will start a business; they may even determine how much money a person will earn.

One study, published in the 2008 September - October issue of the journal Child Development, suggests that some babies have a higher tendency to become agitated due to the formation of a certain receptor gene called dopamime.

Two initial studies suggest babies with a specific version of the FADS2 gene demonstrated an IQ averaging 7 points higher if breastfed, compared with babies with a less common version of the gene who showed no improvement when breastfed.

Viruses in bats may have mixed and matched genes to create the virus that gave rise to the deadly SARS outbreak in 2003, a new study suggests.

These studies showing greater genetic diversity in ancient populations suggest it may not be so far - fetched to think that Siberians could have come into contact with people carrying Australasian genes, and then taken those signatures to the Americas over subsequent generations.

Immune reactions against proteins commonly used as molecular scissors might make CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing ineffective in people, a new study suggests.

Peppered moths and copycat butterflies owe their wing color - changing abilities to a single gene, two independent studies suggest.

The study, published in the journal G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that domestication alters animals» reactivity to stress.

«Our study suggests that m6A - mediated adjustment of gene expression might be an ancient yet unexplored mechanism for the development of this diversity.»

A previous study in mice that suggested that genes played a role in IgA levels seen in Crohn's disease, Stappenbeck told Live Science.

The gene makes a protein that controls the quantities of other proteins a cell produces, and studies in roundworms suggest that the gene is involved in growth and development throughout life.

External factors are likely to play a bigger part in developing the personality of an individual than the genes it inherits from its parents, suggests the study.

Five years ago, Tim Spector of Kings College London attended a presentation of the results of a study in twins that suggested a person's genes don't affect their microbiome.

The new study suggests that shared genes are not the whole story.

A study published this week in PLOS Medicine suggests that epigenetic modification of the HAND2 gene plays a critical role in the development of endometrial cancer.

The two studies together suggest that single copies of inactivating ANGPTL3 mutations are found in roughly one of every 250 people of European descent, whereas people with mutations in both copies of the gene — as in the family studied by Musunuru and colleagues — are much rarer.

But a new study led by a University of Utah researcher and published in Developmental Psychology suggests that even though genes likely play a part, they may not be the whole story.

This study, published in the journal Microarrays, shows that lack of SOST in the bone microenvironment promotes the expression of many genes associated with cell migration and / or invasion, including long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in prostate cancer, suggesting that SOST has an inhibitory effect on prostate cancer invasion.

The population study findings, including those from the JACC study, suggest that even the partial inactivation of ANGPTL3 — carriers typically have one mutant copy of the gene and one working copy — may be powerfully protective against coronary artery disease, which has long been one of the leading causes of death in developed countries.

How much you smell depends on how often you bathe, but precisely how you smell depends on your genes, a new study suggests.

A new study suggests that epigenetic effects — chemical modifications of the human genome that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence — may sometimes influence sexual orientation.

New evidence from animal studies supported by the National Institute of Mental Health suggests that a specific gene may affect learned fearfulness.

A new study of twins suggests that attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is strongly linked to genes, and that it is less a clear - cut disorder than an extreme form of a trait, like blood pressure, that varies throughout the population.

Overall, these twin studies suggest that genes explain between 30 and 60 percent of altruistic tendencies, with the remaining variation coming from cultural or social effects.

The study, published last year, found two strong links to homosexuality on different chromosomes, supporting Hamer's findings and suggesting that multiple genes are at work.

But a new study suggests that mutations in a tumor - suppressing gene can create a prime nesting ground that grows new blood vessels to feed the tumor.

These new findings, along with other recent studies, suggest that the risk for congenital heart defects in Down syndrome can come from several genes and environmental factors, in addition to the substantial risk from the extra chromosome 21.

The new virus has acquired the M gene of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus; studies suggest that this gene may enhance transmissibility of the virus.

A faulty gene that causes insulin resistance may be a causative factor in nearly half of all families with obesity, a new study suggests.

The current study, jointly conducted by York University and Columbia University researchers, suggests that Small Ubiquitin - like Modifier (SUMO) modifies proteins bound to active genes, in order to prevent unfettered gene over-expression that can be harmful to the organism.

The study suggests that human knockouts could prove valuable evidence for understanding how genes work and for developing drugs.

By using their more powerful statistical approach, the researchers found clusters of mechanistically related genes where previous studies had merely suggested a few isolated SNPs.

A study in 2013, also led by the School, suggested an initial link between a mutation in the ap2mu gene and low levels of malaria parasites remaining in the blood of Kenyan children after they had been treated.

Studies suggesting a link between the placebo effect and a set of specific genes & mdash

This and other evidence, say study authors Svante Pbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and his colleagues, «strongly suggest that this gene has been the target of selection during recent human evolution.»

The Newcastle University study suggests that an as - yet undiscovered gene controls whether a man's sperm contains more X or more Y chromosomes, which affects the sex of his children.

Animal studies have suggested that overactivation of TLR7 plays a role in lupus, and a gene variant that increases expression of the receptor has been associated with increased lupus risk in human patients.

Although some research suggests that a preference for certain physical traits, such as height or muscular build, may be encoded in our genes, a new study finds it's our individual life experiences that lead us to find one face more attractive than another.

And more recently, molecular studies had suggested that caloric restriction — or compounds that mimicked it — might trigger a cascade of changes in gene expression that had the net effect of slowing ageing.

The study suggests that a less common version of the BDNF gene may predispose people to obesity by producing lower levels of BDNF protein, a regulator of appetite, in the brain.

A new study suggest major cancer genes play a bigger role than thought in childhood cancer, potentially influencing surveillance, genetic testing, and treatment.

«Single gene variation linked to obesity: Variation in the BDNF gene may affect brain's regulation of appetite, study suggests.»

Overall, the study suggests that the C allele of the BDNF gene may be linked to obesity in people.

Zebrafish can find a way to compensate for a mutated gene, but artificial methods of inactivating the same gene are not so readily overcome, a new study suggests.

Now a new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) suggests that «molecular autopsies» may be valuable in detecting gene mutations responsible for a sudden death.

Environment Gets More Blame for Autism: A new study suggests that environment accounts for more than half of autism risk, while genes are responsible for about 40 percent.

A single patient missing a gene that codes for the brain protein APOE may hold clues to Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.

The new study — published October 18, 2016 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry — combined genetic analysis of more than 9,000 human psychiatric patients with brain imaging, electrophysiology, and pharmacological experiments in mutant mice to suggest that mutations in the gene DIXDC1 may act as a general risk factor for psychiatric disease by interfering with the way the brain regulates connections between neurons.