Sentences with phrase «genetic differences between some people»

Autism spectrum disorder has a significant genetic component, and scientists have found thousands of genetic differences between some people with ASD and those without.

«These genetic differences between people are the biggest reason why it is difficult to make a vaccine that works for everyone — people respond differently, and not all the responses will protect against disease.

Not exact matches

The second is slightly more friendly to non-science trained people but may still require some referencing of other sources to understand various details (e.g. the difference between mitochondrial and nuclear genetic sequencing).

«The results of this study shed light on the great complexity of factors that contribute to the physiological differences between people and allow us to better understand how genetic diseases develop,» explains Maria Gutierrez - Arcelus, first author of this article and member of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research Frontiers in Genetics.

«These results provide a first description of differences in immune response and associated genetic basis that might explain differences in susceptibility to disease between people of African and European ancestry.

The researchers found no statistically significant difference between rates of asthma (including childhood - onset asthma), atopic dermatitis, or IgE levels in people with or without any of the four genetic changes associated with lower levels of 25 - hydroxyvitamin D. However, the results do not exclude an association between the outcomes and levels of 1,25 - dihydroxyvitamin D, the active form of the vitamin, and more work will be needed to determine if the results hold true in non-European populations and in people with vitamin D deficiency.

«People assume the genetic influence goes down with age because the environmental differences between people pile up in life,» says Robert Plomin of King's College LPeople assume the genetic influence goes down with age because the environmental differences between people pile up in life,» says Robert Plomin of King's College Lpeople pile up in life,» says Robert Plomin of King's College London.

Despite some earlier studies claiming that genetic variants predict whether someone has a better chance of shedding pounds on a low - carbohydrate or a low - fat diet, and despite a growing industry premised on that notion, the most rigorous study so far found no difference in weight loss between overweight people on diets that «matched» their genotype and those on diets that didn't.

Myers and his colleagues analysed genetic differences between the samples of virus taken from each person involved and compared these differences with the variation between samples of virus in the local population.

The tests look for differences in the DNA nucleotides adenosine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine (A, T, G, and C — the letters of the genetic code) between one person and another, or between one group of people and another group.

Scientists have investigated this question for more than a century, and the answer is clear: the differences between people on intelligence tests are substantially the result of genetic differences.

The researchers examined the relationship between a risk score based on multiple genetic differences and early - onset heart disease and found that the polygenic risk score predicted a high risk for early - onset disease in one in 53 people at the same level as FH does.

When researchers studied the genetic material of 825 white American couples, they found fewer differences in the DNA between married people than between two randomly selected individuals within the same race.

In addition to genetic differences between lung cancer tumors in people who smoke or have smoked versus those who never have, researchers are also finding genetic differences in the people themselves.

This means that been able to trigger these satellite cells can be the difference between being what some people call a hard gainer, or a genetic freak.

In drafting legislation for the protection of genetic material it must be kept in mind that a law which treats everyone the same may nevertheless impact adversely on Indigenous peoples because of differences between what the legislators perceive as Australian cultural precepts and those of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.