Sentences with phrase «genetic information does»

You can argue that genetic evolution didn't create man, but you can't argue that genetic information doesn't evolve.

To some, my DNA diary may seem like the confessions of a journalist discovering in the end that her genetic information didn't lead to a diagnosis of any kind.

Not exact matches

I've been interested in what 23andMe is doing ever since I heard they were planning to develop drugs based on genetic information.

SunTrust does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable laws.

You're assuming that at some point in the history of the world NEW genetic information was added to a living thing (which doesn't happen) and then it happened over and over together with the power of natural selection until we arrived at modern man.

There are 100s of books by scientist that prove evolution did not create genetic information.

Not only did molecular biologists discover that DNA carried information; they soon began to suspect that living organisms must contain systems for processing genetic information.

A cow can't become a whale because the cow doesn't have a whale's genetic information.

Halla said his company doesn't label the product as GMO but that information about the use of genetic engineering is on the company's website.

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We do not generate any other genetic information about the donor.

However, influenza viruses don't contain any spare nucleotides: The viruses translate every bit of their genetic information.

It can store genetic information, as DNA does, but it can also adopt complex three - dimensional shapes and catalyze chemical reactions on itself, as proteins do.

To look for DNA was perhaps, as Zinkernagel puts it, «a crazy idea,» because LCMV doesn't produce DNA at all; like many other viruses, it uses the slightly different RNA to perpetuate its genetic information.

Their work showed that genetic information not only flows from DNA to RNA (as it does in normal genetic transcription), but can also move from RNA to DNA.

I rushed through the fine print: «If you are asked by an insurance company whether you have learned genetic information about health conditions and you do not disclose this to them, this may be considered to be fraud.

So, [what] we want do is, we want to give a solar cell or a battery or an ultracapacitor the genetic information that says this is how to build this device.

A: Genetic markers are found all the time that come from comparing people with a disease to those without the disease, but until you figure out what the gene does, it is not useful information.

A group of researchers at Osaka University found that if DNA damage response (DDR) does not work when DNA is damaged by radiation, proteins which should be removed remain instead, and a loss of genetic information can be incited, which, when repaired incorrectly, will lead to the tumor formation.

[T] hen on top of all that, I absolutely love what I'm doing right now, working in the private sector building out [information technology] tools that really will make it easier to access genetic tests.»

To do so, they cut DNA - fragments from the gene using enzymes deleting the genetic information for a functioning protein.

Only in 2013, more than 60 years after her death, did the National Institutes of Health and Lacks» descendants agree how her cells and genetic information would be used.

To do so, genetic information stored in DNA is first copied into strands of messenger RNA (mRNA), which are subsequently used to create proteins.

The results underline «how, for most people, knowing genetic risk information doesn't have a big impact,» said Timothy Caulfield, of the University of Alberta, a critic of quackery.

But what can scientists actually do with the abundance of genetic information in a genome assembly?

They do social science, health, philosophical, policy, or legal research on topics such as privacy, confidentiality, the psychological impact of genetic information, informed - consent issues in genomics research, commercialization of genetic products, genetically modified foods, behavioral genetics, gene testing, and gene therapy.

[But] if they were to swap genetic information, then one could have the perfect storm of influenzas, so I think that over the long term, we really do need to be prepared for a very serious pandemic.

Protein sequences are a far cry from the Jurassic Park vision of a genetic blueprint for dinosaurs, because they do not contain all the information in the genome.

But if future souped - up versions can pull that off, it could do more than reinforce notions of RNA's primordial role — it could lead to the creation of the synthetic modern microbes that use RNA as their sole source of genetic information.

Other biomarkers and genetic signatures are being used in an effort to predict the aggressiveness of an individual patient's prostate cancer, «but the current information doesn't make it possible for their gene signature to be an actual target for precision medicine targeted therapy,» Ellis explained.

«Coronary artery disease tends to cluster in families and has a strong genetic basis; however, we do not fully understand that genetic foundation,» said senior author Danish Saleheen, PhD, an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Penn. «We conducted the largest genetic analyses on coronary artery disease to date, including information from people of European, African, South Asian, and East Asian heritages.»

A second part of the study, a comparison of genetic data of the mummy with data from other European Neolithic samples, provided information regarding the origin of K1f: researchers postulate that the mitochondrial lineage of the Iceman originated locally in the Alps, in a population that did not grow demographically.

Next Generation Sequencing has allowed scientists to «read» the DNA sequence of any genome, but this doesn't reveal how genetic information is managed and organised in the crowded and bustling biological environment inside a cell.

Many of those in the room didn't like the idea of direct consumer access to genetic information, though Dr. Bierut was favorable, saying «Information wants to be finformation, though Dr. Bierut was favorable, saying «Information wants to be fInformation wants to be free.»

Federal law bars genetic discrimination by health insurers and employers based on their DNA information — you can't be fired or have your rates increased — but the law doesn't cover life, disability or long - term - care insurance.

How do these cells, each containing the same genetic information, self - organize in order to build complex structures like the heart or the brain?

Moreover, how do these ends know when they need to unwind the double helix and allow cells to replicate our genetic information?

The PREP Symposium does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family and genetic information in its programs and activities.

We envision a day when all elementary students are exposed to principles of genetics and disease risk; when all high school students have the opportunity to do hands - on experiments with DNA; and when all families have access to genetic information they need to make informed health care choices.

We are doing this by comparing the genetic information in the immune cells of individuals who have illnesses that affect the immune system such as cancer and inflammatory disease.

In the U.S., we already have legislation that prevents health insurance companies from discriminating against individuals based on genetic information, but it doesn't apply to life insurance or long - term care policies.

«Although we previously knew a lot about their biology and behaviour, we did not have the genetic information until now.»

By contributing samples and information to repositories specializing in genetic genealogy, individuals make important contributions to our collective knowledge, but they do so at the risk of revealing personal information shared by unwitting relatives.

Genome - wide patterns of isolation do not provide direct information regarding the mechanisms or phenotypes that contribute to reproductive barriers, underscoring both the power of this population genetic approach because it is not constrained by choice of a specific phenotype, but also its limitations.

A 2004 study by the Genetics and Public Policy Center of Johns Hopkins University found that 92 percent of survey participants did not want genetic information shared with employers; and 80 percent of respondents felt health insurers should not have access to their genetic information.

«Because big genetic studies have been done on schizophrenia and autism and other diseases, you can calculate someone's risks of developing those diseases from their genetic information and you can see if it's associated with contagious yawning,» she said.

For instance, I did the 23andMe genetic test and it provided a lot of information that really helped me dial in my health issues (thyroid, mthfr, etc) but that isn't a test that is traditionally recommended or given in regular panels.

«If someone is adopted or has a very small family, they might want to get a genetic test because they don't have a lot of family information,» she says.

As long as you know what a company is doing with your genetic information (that means reading the privacy regulations, even though it won't be fun); you have an easy - to - understand explanation from the company about what your results can and can't tell you; and you're ready to face the sometimes surprising results («You have a half - brother!»)