Sentences with phrase «genetic research based»

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Angling to be the go - to marketplace for these gene - based businesses, Helix, the spin out from genetic testing research and technology giant Illumina, has held a first close on a planned $ 200 million funding round led by new investor DFJ Growth.

«The forms of a living being are not but rather come to be,» says Ludwig von Bertalanffy (BW 120), and his «organismic» biology and later general system - theory for overcoming the opposition between mechanism and vitalism has given central insights of Whitehead a new formulation on the basis of science, 8 Something similar holds for all the directions of research which Jean Piaget has brought to the [264] concept of genetic structuralism.9 The genetic epistemology founded by Piaget has proved through empirical research on the problem of knowledge the fruitfulness both of genetic analysis and of Whitehead's principle of process.

My concern is not only with grand cosmological interpretations of how the universe came to be and what it is likely to become, nor only with sociobiological interpretations of the basis of morals and religions, but also with more particular biochemical genetic research and neurosciences.

To enhance the capacity of national agricultural research systems (NARS) to conserve, utilize and improve rice germplasm, to broaden the genetic diversity and the genetic base of rice varieties used by farmers.

That's the basis upon which the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) accepts and shares the genetic diversity of rice in the International Rice Genebank.

And new research shows how genetic alterations in this odd - colored blood have helped the octopus colonize the world's wide oceans — from the deep, freezing Antarctic to the warm equatorial tropics.The iron - based protein (hemoglobin) that carries oxygen in the blood for us red - blooded vertebrates becomes ineffective when faced with low - oxygen levels.

New research on HIV transmission shows that viral fitness is an important basis of a «genetic bottleneck» imposed every time a new person is infected.

Neither threats of nor actual discrimination based on genetic information should be allowed to impede access to therapies based on the discoveries of such genetic research or the ability and willingness of persons to participate in critical studies.

It suggests, mischievously, that it would «undoubtedly be illuminating if there was a well - funded research programme to investigate the genetic basis of financial greed, not because it would reveal anything, but because of the uproar it would generate amongst greedy people».

Dr Fiona Blackhall, a senior lecturer in The University of Manchester's Institute of Cancer Sciences and a consultant based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust — both part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre — said: «In order to introduce precision medicine, where each cancer patient receives treatment designed to target the genetic makeup of their individual cancer, we need to compare how effective the new targeted treatment is compared to standard chemotherapy treatment.»

«We thought this was a very interesting set up and when we tested these two competing hypotheses in this adoptive - based research design, we found there was no association between parenting and the child's intelligence later in life once we accounted for genetic influences,» Beaver said.

The study, which has identified more than 200 rare variants inherited by children, determines that genes YWHAZ and DRP2, among others, are new candidates in the research on autism genetic basis.

Private DNA Companies Tap Crowds to Speed Disease Research: Drawing on its large consumer base, 23andMe identifies two genetic variants associated with Parkinson's Disease in just 18 months.

All the research in the doctoral thesis is based on small children born with an increased genetic risk of developing celiac disease.

The research team, including members of Prof. Keinan's lab, Prof. Eitan Friedman of TAU's Sackler School of Medicine, and Prof. Gil Azmon and colleagues at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Haifa, based their study on data from the Jewish HapMap project, an international effort led by Prof. Harry Ostrer of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, to determine the genetic history of worldwide Jewish diasporas.

Based on these data, genetic testing to evaluate H pylori susceptibility outside of research projects would be premature.»

«Dr. Tsang's innovative research continues to unfold the genetic basis for a variety of ocular diseases.

Further research is required to determine whether the increased speeds have a genetic basis or are the result of improved training, jockey tactics or other environmental factors.

«We live in an era of evidence - based medicine,» she says, so for her profession to mature, «it's becoming increasingly important for us to be doing research into understanding what the effects are of providing genetic counseling.»

«Our research shows that these fish have adapted to life at different depths, and that they segregate by depth as they mature, based on their genetic makeup.»

After finishing my work here and going back to China, I would like to continue working in complex disease genetic research, because China offers a good population basis, and there are so many devoted scientists.

They could also reinvest some of their profits into non-profit genetic - based disease research.

«Such evidence quantifying shared genetic risk factors among traditional psychiatric diagnoses will help us move toward classification that will be more faithful to nature,» said Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., director of the NIMH Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development and coordinator of the Institute's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingResearch and Treatment Development and coordinator of the Institute's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingResearch Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingresearch based more on underlying causes.

Tatiana Tatarinova, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Eran Elhaik, PhD, of the University of Sheffield and colleagues developed an admixture - based Geographic Population Structure (GPS) tool that uses genetic distribution and geographical distance to determine place of origin, specifically the country, or in some cases, the village of origin.

«We never would have seen that connection based on genetic sequences alone,» says Jack Johnson, a virologist at The Scripps Research Institute not involved with the study who first discovered the chain mail pattern in bacteriophages.

Now deCODE has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and has an offer from a company called Saga Investments for its drug programs and for an Iceland - based subsidiary, Islensk Erfdagreining, that runs the company's research and genetic testing services.

A study by scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) is providing insight into the genetic basis of neuropsychiatric disorders.

The research, published in Psychiatric Genetics, is based on genetic analysis of 4,971 people diagnosed with one of the three disorders compared with 1,309 healthy controls.

Alan J. Higgins of Icoria, a company based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., that is applying its metabonomic technology to human health, explains that «metabono - mics gives you the functional component» that is not always evident from a genetic or protein analysis.

Research on the geographically based genetic differences in Helicobacter pylori show that the stomach bacteria is intimately tied to man

Vtor A. P. Martins dos Santos of the German Research Center for Biotechnology and his colleagues broke the marine organism's genome into more than 3 million base pairs and then pieced them together into a complete genetic map.

In the late 20th century, based on initial genetic research, bats were grouped with primates and flying lemurs in the superorder Archonta.

As the researchers discuss, the correct 3D8 dose is critical to destroy only viral DNA and RNA (but not their host genetic material), and additional research is needed to understand the basis for this selective activity.

The group was funded by the Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering, or CRIIGEN, based in Paris, France.

The grant will see NNI and its research partners through a massive 5 - year undertaking to track the genetic basis of various neurological diseases.

Based on their research from the Chorora, Kadabba and Ardi finds, the team says the common ancestor of chimps and humans lived earlier than had been evidenced by genetic and molecular studies, which placed the split about 5 million years ago.

Research has discovered one of the underlying reasons why broccoli is so good for you, in work leading to a new way to approach the genetic basis of cancer.

Buckler is credited with improving association mapping, one of the methods used for this research, that is being used to understand the genetic basis of such complex traits as vitamin A content, drought tolerance, nitrogen use, carbon metabolism, disease resistance, and crop and milk yields.

A number of scientific results suggest a biological basis for sexual orientation, but these results do not point to one simple biological or genetic explanation.2 Perhaps the best recent reviews of the scientific research relevant to this issue are found in a special issue of the journal Frontiers of Neuroendocrinology, the official journal of the International Neuroendocrine Federation and the American Neuroendocrine Society, that was published in April 2011.3 The papers in the special issue make clear that substantial evidence exists in animals for biological bases of sexual partner preference based on sex.

February 2, 2006 Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene, and half of those deaths result from a common genetic variation that increases an infant's risk of developing an abnormal heart rhythm during times of environmental stress, a research team based at the University of Chicago reports in the February 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Professor Paul Pharoah, professor of cancer epidemiology at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, said: «Our work has found a valuable piece of the puzzle behind ovarian cancer and we hope that our work could eventually form the basis of a genetic test to identify women at greatest risk.

In its twenty years of operation, the NRSA program has made it possible for many thousands of talented individuals in the basic biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences to sharpen their research skills and to apply those skills to topics of special concern to the nation, such as aging, hypertension, the genetic basis of disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, environmental toxicology, nutrition and health, and substance abuse.

Now we have found a genetic basis that supports that,» says She, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Genomic Medicine.

Our research centers upon the proteins affected in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)-- two neurological disorders whose genetic basis is well understood but whose cell biology remains unknown.

Over the years, Dr. Nimer has conducted extensive clinical and basic science research into the treatment and genetic basis of adult leukemia and bone marrow failure states, defining the regulatory mechanisms that control the production of blood cells and exploring ways to improve the treatment of blood based cancers.

His research interests are mainly focused on the genetic bases of mood disorders, schizophrenia and related phenotypes.

Professor Dermitzakis» research focuses on the genetic basis of regulatory variation and gene expression variation in the human genome, the processes that govern non-coding DNA evolution.

The research group headed by Mats Nilsson, professor of Biochemistry / molecular diagnostics at Stockholm University, has since the beginning of year 2000 developed new diagnostic tools based on analysis of genetic information (DNA and RNA) in cells and in body fluids.

His research is based on the concept that normal brain aging and the pathogeneses of sporadic neurological diseases are not a consequence of a few single or «disease - specific «factors alone, rather they are driven by holistic events that include one's individual genetic and epigenetic condition, progression of aging, and lifestyle.

Of the 22 patients whose tumors successfully grafted, six died before data from the mice were available, but in 13 of the remaining 16 cases, there was a positive correlation between mouse and human results.2 In a second study, performed in collaboration with Manuel Hidalgo of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center, the team found that 6 of 13 patients with advanced solid tumors who were treated based on results from personalized PDX mice had partial tumor remissions, even in cases where genetic sequencing of the tumor showed no actionable mutations.3