Sentences with phrase «genetic studies conducted»

The paper describes the lizard as «a biogeographical oddity» that has been isolated from closely related species for an estimated one to two million years, according to genetic studies conducted by two study coauthors.

In genetic studies conducted by gene researchers at the University of Helsinki, the gene defect causing the disease was found in the COL7A1 gene.

Now, an elaborate genetic study conducted by researchers at Eawag and Bern University helps to explain the secret of its success: the stickleback can evidently adapt very rapidly to new habitats — so rapidly that, for evolutionary biologists, it serves as a model for the divergence of a single species into two or more distinct species.

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Because there is a clear genetic predisposition to IBD, these populations should probably be composed of families that include persons who already have IBD [such as the studies conducted by Koletzko et al (20, 26)-RSB-.

Meta - analyses of genome - wide association studies conducted in these ethnically - diverse populations identified a total of 878 genetic variants belonging to 18 loci associated with asthma risk.

Studies conducted in the 1990s, reporting genetic code from fossils over 50 million years old, have since been rejected as cases of contamination.

The Immunochip for fine - mapping is an important tool for conducting genome - wide association studies of the genetic components of disease.

The team is already conducting studies with children and adults who have genetic conditions that may alter the normal response to hearing lullabies.

In the study conducted as part of the dissertation of Doctoral Candidate Simon Chapman from the University of Turku, a hypothesis was tested according to which the genetic inheritance of grandmothers» X-chromosome affects the level of help they provide to their grandchildren.

«They tend to be people who are highly motivated health - seekers and science geeks,» says Barbara Bernhardt of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, who has conducted detailed interviews with 60 volunteers in the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative, a pioneering effort to study the medical value of genetic information.

In conducting their study, which includes detailed behavioral, medical and genetic observations of 14 boys with CS from 12 families, the team of scientists and physicians worked closely with families of the small but fast - growing Christianson Syndrome Association, including hosting the group's inaugural conference at Brown's Alpert Medical School last summer.

Conducted at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the study also identifies a genetic pathway that could open the possibility of new therapies for difficult - to - treat patients.

With the aim of studying the history and genetic diversity of the species, analysis was conducted on the genomes of another ten Iberian lynxes from Doñana and Sierra Morena, the only two surviving populations on the Iberian Peninsula, which have been isolated from each other for decades.

Anna Sellas is conducting genetic studies of dolphin population structure.

Before this study — the largest of its kind — conducted by a team led by Professor Dirk Inzé, scientists had little insight into the genes and genetic processes that drive some plants to limit their growth under drought conditions while others grow normally.

A scientific study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, has identified genetic factors associated with the severity of acute viral bronchiolitis.

Researchers conducted an analysis that included nearly 10,000 women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations to estimate the age - specific risk of breast or ovarian cancer for women with these mutations, according to a study published by JAMA.

For the current study, Bearden, who is part of the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, conducted MRI scans of 143 study participants: 66 with 22q deletions, 21 with 22q duplications, and 56 without the genetic mutation.

But the study, conducted through the new USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery at the U of U, shows that Phevor's unique approach allows it to identify disease - causing genes more precisely than other computational tools.

«For anorexia nervosa, researchers implicate genetic locus on chromosome 12: Powerful genomic study of anorexia nervosa conducted to date to identify the common roots anorexia shares with psychiatric, metabolic traits.»

Researchers will have to conduct rigorous computational and genetic studies to identify such a compound.

The revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique could be used safely to prevent some genetic diseases, according to the first embryo study conducted in the US

Scientists hoping to explain widespread declines in wild bumble bee populations have conducted the first long - term genetic study of Nosema bombi, a key fungal pathogen of honey bees and bumble bees.

So Chakravarti and colleagues conducted a new genomewide association study of the disease, comparing the genetic markers of more than 650 people with Hirschsprung's disease, their parents and healthy controls.

Genetic studies, conducted by co-authors Stephen Donnellan, South - Australian Museum, and Christer Lindqvist, Åbo Akademi University, showed that the species has been isolated for a long time, estimatedly 1 - 2 million years, or even longer.

To conduct the study, Matthew Robinson, a postdoc in the lab of geneticist Peter Visscher at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues turned to large databases that include information on human physical and genetic traits.

Frustrated by the lack of a good study model, Krasnow and his colleagues turned to the mouse lemur and began conducting detailed physiologic and genetic studies on hundreds of these petite, docile creatures in the rainforests of Madagascar.

They believe this mouse model can be promptly implemented to find genetic markers, conduct meticulous studies on how symptoms originate and take hold, and evaluate drugs and that have broad spectrum anti-viral activities against all Zaire ebolaviruses, including the one responsible for the current West African epidemic.

Previous genetic studies have examined the association of aspirin, NSAIDs, or both with colorectal cancer according to a limited number of candidate genes or pathways.6 - 10 Thus, to comprehensively identify common genetic markers that characterize individuals who may obtain differential benefit from aspirin and NSAIDs, we conducted a discovery - based, genome - wide analysis of gene × environment interactions between regular use of aspirin, NSAIDs, or both and single - nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in relation to risk of colorectal cancer.

Researchers conducted a similar study on the genetic variation of G. morbida and published a companion paper in 2014.

Chris Funk, associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences» Department of Biology, led the research team that conducted the largest and most in - depth genetic study to date of California Channel Island foxes.

The technique, called single - molecule, real - time DNA sequencing (SMRT), may now make it possible for researchers to identify potential genetic mutations behind many conditions whose genetic causes have long eluded scientists, said Evan Eichler, professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington, who led the team that conducted the study.

«In fact, a study looking at the genetic and morphological variability of Asian Black Bear populations throughout the geographic distribution of the species is yet to be conducted, and it would surely yield exciting results,» Gutiérrez said.

Book: The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development - a report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten - year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent develGenetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development - a report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten - year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent develgenetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development.

We also conduct electrophysiological, biochemical, imaging, antd behavioral studies with various knockout and transgenic mice to determine how precise genetic manipulations that either activate or abolish specific translational control mechanisms alter synaptic function and behavior.

NGI Uppsala has contributed to a large collaborative study of the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes (T2D) conducted -LSB-...]

We use the zebrafish model to study β - cell development due to the small size and optical transparency of its embryos / larvae, as well as the ease of the genetic and chemical - genetic manipulations, including the ability to conduct large - scale small molecule screens.

The study, conducted by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, reports genetic analysis of more than 11,000 people with Alzheimer's disease and a nearly equal number of elderly people who have no symptoms of dementia.

The programme conducts more than 2,000 genetic studies annually to determine mutations in the BRCA1 / 2 genes and in other genes known to be related to breast cancer.

Previous genome - wide association studies (GWAS) by the group have identified new genetic risk factors for the higher rates of asthma and poor response to bronchodilator medications seen in these minority populations — in many cases different from risk factors seen in prior studies conducted in European Americans.

In the new study, the lab has conducted the first large - scale whole genome sequencing study of asthma drug response in African Americans and Latino children in an effort to pin down the genetic factors contributing to reduced albuterol response more precisely than possible in previous association studies.

MHRP and its collaborators are conducting similar studies on the genetic impact of RV144.

Geneticists have conducted more studies of people of European descent so there are more genetic data on white people.

NGI Uppsala has contributed to a large collaborative study of the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes (T2D) conducted by over 300 scientists in 22 countries.

Study co-author Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, of McGill University previously linked memory and eIF2 alpha in genetic studies of mice, and his lab group also conducted the memory tests for the current sStudy co-author Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, of McGill University previously linked memory and eIF2 alpha in genetic studies of mice, and his lab group also conducted the memory tests for the current studystudy.

He said they also are conducting field - level gene flow studies involving different genetic backgrounds and will grow harvested hybrid seed to observe growth characteristics and fitness.

Armed with this knowledge, and the results of an initial feasibility study, the Dream Team will conduct a clinical trial to evaluate if personalized therapy, based on the genetic profile of each individual patient's cancer, improves outcomes.

The study is the result of several years of work by the Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC, http://pgc.unc.edu), an international, multi-institutional collaboration founded in 2007 to conduct broad - scale analyses of genetic data for psychiatric disease.

Scientists conduct the first large - scale genetic study of hemp and marijuana and find plenty of surprises waiting for them.

CSGB scientists conduct studies aimed at understanding complex genetic diseases and developing new statistical methods and software to analyze data sets emanating from large - scale genetic association and linkage studies.