Sentences with phrase «genes for certain»

Testing is performed by analyzing samples of blood or body tissues to determine if you or your child carry genes for certain inherited disorders.

The molecules are critical to normal development: When the genes for certain of these molecules are experimentally erased, the eggs made by female mice are invariably defective, and the errors fatally disrupt the normal choreography of egg maturation.

It has also triggered warnings about «designer babies,» in which parents customize their IVF embryos by adding, removing, or changing genes for certain traits.

«And we can do that with our mice, inhibit the gene for a certain time and then let it come back up.»

Not exact matches

The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life sciences community as a major advance in medicine and a boon to children and young adults with a certain form of leukemia (the group for whom the gene therapy is approved).

At last year's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bergh found himself sitting at dinner with Othman Laraki, the cofounder and CEO of Color Genomics — a company that extracts the DNA from a customer's submitted saliva sample and then looks for a set number of gene mutations known to be associated with increased risk for developing certain hereditary cancers or heart conditions (depending on the test).

«So in many cases,» says Doug Gurian - Sherman, a plant pathologist and director of sustainable agriculture at the Center for Food Safety, «the particular genes used will only work well in certain genetic backgrounds and environments.»

Paradoxically the more atheists I come into contact with the more strength I find in my belief that they, for lack of a better term, lack a certain gene (yes, I get the irony).

That some some environments are better for people with certain types of genes?

For Dawkins, by far the most important aspect of biological nature is the ability of certain stretches of DNA («genes») to engender faithful copies of themselves, under conditions that prevail.

It is for this reason that utopian thinking led some of its modern promoters, such as Arthur Koestler and Carl Sagan, to propose ways of «improving» human beings by biological manipulation such as surgical removal of certain centers in the brain or by genetic engineering to remove «bad» genes.

Certain DNA segments «code for» or build proteins, and those segments are indeed called genes.

Testing for certain genes has previously documented an association between specific genetic factors and outcomes from injuries such as concussion.

We're now starting to make baby steps towards getting things ready for January (or February, depending on whether a certain little person inherits my lateness gene).

Some blood tests are offered only to women of certain ethnic backgrounds, who may be at higher risk of carrying genes for specific diseases.

Cells have more than one trick up their sleeve for controlling certain genes that regulate fetal growth and development.

Yet, in this plant (as well as in certain conifers), the researchers found genes similar to those responsible for the formation of flowers, and which are organized according to the same hierarchy (with the activation of one gene activating the next gene, and so on)!

We know what genes need to be fixed for certain diseases, but getting the gene editing tools where they need to go is a huge challenge,» said Chris Nelson, the fellow in Gersbach's laboratory who led the work.

Lu's lab is now using this approach to screen for genes related to other disorders, and the researchers have already identified some genes that appear to protect against certain effects of aging.

Involvement in lung development or certain pulmonary diseases is furthermore suspected for these genes.

«The challenge has been how to direct certain therapies designed to manipulate genes of interest in specific cells without developing a specific drug carrier for each specific cell type.

Knock out a certain Hox gene with CRISPR and Parhyale will grow forward - walking legs where it should have jumping legs, for example.

It seems to be [as soon as we] started to be able to figure out what genes were and what certain genes did, it became natural to look for the genes associated with intelligence, but that search has proven to be much more treacherous than probably the people in the field ever imagined.

They argue that anyone whose genome is sequenced for any medical reason should automatically learn whether 57 of their genes put them at risk of certain cancers, potentially fatal heart conditions, and other serious health problems.

As the cost of gene sequencing drops, DNA being sequenced for one purpose may yield many other secrets, such as the risk of certain cancers and Alzheimer's disease.

For example, changes in certain genes could indicate that his cancer was more likely to respond to a particular drug, while other mutations might predict little benefit from a specific therapy.

For example, genetically engineered organisms used in the research laboratory to develop new chemical synthesis methods are not likely to require the same level of public dialogue as products that have more uncertainty associated with them, such as organisms with gene drives, which enhance organisms» ability to pass certain genetic traits on to their offspring.

Some scientists disagreed over whether certain types of gene - editing would be important for helping patients, with one prominent researcher contending the technology would not often be needed, while another described dire current clinical needs for it.

The finding was not accidental, because the laboratory was scouring certain genes for abnormalities, but it was unexpected.

«However, recent work has shown that at least some of the fungal partners in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses lack the genes for enzymes involved in the major pathway of lipid biosynthesis, and are therefore unable to produce certain essential fatty acids,» Gutjahr explains.

Zwiebel and colleagues scanned the mosquito genome looking for genes similar to those that generate fruit fly odorant receptors, proteins that project from nerve cells and initiate a biochemical cascade when they encounter certain molecules in the air.

As a result, geneticists recommend testing only for genes that clearly increase the risk of developing certain conditions.

Researchers have videotaped cultures in which embryos develop but found no visual pattern that hints at which cells are about to sprout, and staining for certain patterns of gene expression has been inconclusive.

DNA INVESTIGATION Geneticists examined DNA from more than 10,000 people in Pakistan looking for people in whom both copies of certain genes were nonfunctional.

An international research collaboration coordinated by Fellay has discovered the reason for some of these infections: they are caused by mutations of a gene that plays a part in recognising certain cold - inducing viruses.

In agriculture, for example, researchers transfer genes from other organisms into crops to get certain characteristics.

On the other hand, were such a «greed gene» to exist, it would probably be demanded as a prerequisite for joining certain financial institutions, notably the boards of privatised utilities.

Still, the qualities that make it easier for certain bacteria to pick up the resistance gene, and other genes that enhance that one's performance, are unclear, the researchers report in the 1 March issue of Lancet Infectious Diseases.

But for certain infants with rare, inherited mutations of certain genes, severe infection and death are stark consequences of their impaired immune responses.

«Importantly, the team was able to identify several genes that may be able to help us to predict outcomes in certain circumstances or serve as good candidates for therapeutic efforts.»

For example, many of the genes in the new networks are related to cancer, suggesting that certain cancer treatments that target these genes might also be useful to treat ASD.

For the first time, Whitehead Institute scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes — fam57ba and doc2a — in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures, hyperactivity, enlarged head size, and obesity.

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.

New research suggests that fluid driven by tiny swirling hairs called cilia may activate certain genes in the growing embryo that lay the groundwork for this asymmetry.

If a certain temperature is reached, for example, the genes within the modified spotted wing flies would trigger its death.

However, by investigating the genes of two rose cultivars selected for certain desirable characteristics, Jean - Louis Magnard and colleagues discovered that the flowers» fragrances were facilitated by a completely unexpected family of enzymes.

This program normally shuts off after embryonic development, but occasionally — for reasons not yet known — crestin and other genes in the program turn back on in certain cells.

Researchers have known for several years that when fruit fly larvae metamorphose into adults, a gene called fringe produces a protein that tells certain cells to become the wing margin, the leading edge of a developing wing.

Certain sequences of DNA make up genes, which are the «instructions» for making proteins that do most of the heavy lifting within a cell.

Certain mutations might cause severe retardation, for instance, pointing to specific places to look for a link between genes and intelligence.