Sentences with phrase «hear about a gene»

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We've been hearing about better male birth control for years now, but in recent weeks two new promising options have come to light: RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance), being developed by an Indian scientist, Sujoy Guh, and the discovery of a gene, Katnal1, critical for sperm production; if scientists can tweak the gene with a pill, sperm production will be stalled.

One day in 1989, he got a call from biologist Martin Chalfie at Columbia, who had heard about Prasher's attempts to clone the GFP gene.

Deafness has long been known to run in families, and while genes for about 60 syndromes that have deafness as one of multiple symptoms have been mapped, only last month did scientists locate the first of the estimated 100 genes that can cause hearing loss alone.

I think about that scene when I hear the way many of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.

If, on the other hand, what you hear about is experiments in which previously known modules like genes are swapped around, then expect a more dismal, softwarelike biotechnology.

About half of these cases of early hearing loss in developed countries have an identifiable genetic cause, with mutations in over 100 different genes identified so far.

As reported in the new study, the researchers were able to postpone the onset of hearing loss and associated hair cell degeneration by about a month, providing enough time to inject normal copies of the Clarin - 1 gene into the ear before the onset of hearing loss to see if the treatment was effective.

We hear about people with breast cancer who donated tissues in the hunt for the BRCA genes that contribute to the risk of this cancer.

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Well, maybe you heard about the healthy monkeys who, when injected with a blood - making gene, dramatically increased their red blood cells and, consequently, could carry more oxygen in their bodies [source: Svensson].

BTW some of you stated you eat 2500 to 4000 a day (like it's a small ammount)-- this is WAY TOO MUCH if you want to slim down or even maintain... I agree with your points here tho, and I'm very pleased someone is blunt about these things because most people should hear it, but don't want to listen, because why blame yourself for your shortcomings if you can blame your imaginary «bad genes»?

I am on the hunt for a new serum or similar night product - and I've heard such good things about good genes.

I first heard about this line after reading about the sister duo, Neely & Chloe Burch (yes, they are Tory Burch's nieces... good fashion genes run in the fam!)

I have been wanting to try Good Genes for a while after hearing other bloggers talk about it.