We demonstrated the proof of this concept by
identifying new genes participating to the Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) pathogenesis.
In addition to
identifying new genes, researchers hope to find genetic markers that might influence how a known genetic syndrome presents within a particular family.
Phung Thi Phuong Nhung, IRD - CIRAD Ph.D. scholar, started a research project in 2011 on
identifying new genes associated with root developmental traits in a core collection of Vietnamese rice varieties.
He notes that the Human Genome Initiative will increase the capacity to screen out undesirable traits «by
identifying new genes for carrier and prenatal testing, including, potentially, genes for alcoholism, homosexuality and depression.»
A study published June 1 by Nature Communications reports scientists
identify a new gene essential to this process, shedding new light on possible new therapeutic strategies.
Moreno's first job in the lab — helping a postdoc develop a mutagenesis technique to
identify new genes involved in organ development and positioning — earned him a second - author paper in Science just a couple of years into his Ph.D..
(Reuters)- The Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral two years ago, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, has helped
identify a new gene behind the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers say.
In 2006, the team led by Christine Petit in the Institut Pasteur's Genetics & Physiology of Hearing Unit, especially Sedigheh Delmaghani, working in cooperation with Paul Avan's team at the University of Auvergne's Laboratory of Sensory Biophysics,
identified a new gene that was responsible for early - onset sensorineural hearing loss.
Our research has
identified a new gene, which is the cause of a severe, rare human disease.
But now, the Buck / Berkeley team has
identified a new gene that may accelerate development of chronic itch therapies.
«Given the similarities in the molecules and the mechanisms involved in limb development in vertebrates and invertebrates, the fly is a very useful genetic model in which to
identify new genes that potentially participate in limb development in vertebrates and their possible association with congenital diseases,» says Ana Ferreira, who has participated in the study.
«In the future, zebrafish will be used to
identify new genes and drugs that can influence myelin formation and myelin repair,» says Dr. Lyons.
Published in Nature Communications, the study analysed a population of over 6,000 people with varied ancestry across Latin America to
identify new genes associated with hair color, greying, density and shape, i.e. straight or curly.
«We wanted to
identify new genes that are worthy of creating drugs against in cancer treatment,» says Beronja.
«The most exciting thing about our study is not that we've
identified a new gene involved in pulmonary hypertension, but that we've found a drug that can «rescue» some mutations,» said co-senior author Wendy K. Chung, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and medicine at CUMC.
The TEDDY study's international research team has
identified the new gene regions in young people who have already developed type 1 diabetes or who have started making antibodies against their...
Researchers at SciLifeLab, Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have
identified a new gene that can cause stillbirth in a late stage of the pregnancy.
An international research team that includes the University of Melbourne's Professor Sam Berkovic (AC) has
identified a new gene for a progressive form of epilepsy.
4/2: 45 Exome sequencing to
identify new genes underlying early - onset breast cancer susceptibility.
Dr Bateman's lab recently
identified a new gene, called Unkempt, which works together with the TSC1 / 2 genes to control how nerve cells develop in the brain.
The Bioinformatics group uses computational methods to analyse genome sequences, amino acid sequences, and gene expression data, both to
identify new genes of interest and to determine their structure, function and role in the cell.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have combed through a catalog of all known tyrosine kinase enzymes to
identify new gene mutations that occur in a significant fraction of colon cancers...
Not exact matches
Once specific
genes associated with beneficial traits are
identified, they can be more efficiently transferred into
new rice varieties using other breeding methods.
The researchers
identified several reasons for this: The
new gene constructs interfere with the plant's own
gene for producing growth hormones, and the additional
gene constructs were not, as intended, active solely in the kernels, but also in the leaves.
With
new tests to
identify women who are at heightened risk of breast cancer,
new drugs aimed at preventing allergies, and the discovery of
new genes that are key to the progression of conditions like Alzheimer's - to give just three examples - we are at the dawn of a whole
new era:
«
New epilepsy
gene network
identified by scientists.»
This search
identified a previously undiscovered
gene cluster encoding a
new botulinum neurotoxin and accessory proteins in the genome of a species of Enterococcus bacteria isolated from cow faeces.
«
Identifying gene - enhancers:
New technique.»
An international team led by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a
new technique for
identifying gene enhancers — sequences of DNA that act to amplify the expression of a specific
gene — in the genomes of humans and other mammals.
Diane Dickel is the lead author of Nature Methods paper describing a
new technique for
identifying gene enhancers in the genomes of humans and other mammals.
«
New PRA
gene identified in dogs: Phalenes and Papillons.»
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have
identified a mutation in a fat - storage
gene that appears to increase the risk for type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders, according to a study published online in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
University of Adelaide School of Molecular and Biomedical Science PhD student, Deborah Toledo - Flores, says: «the most important aspect of this work for us was to
identify more
genes on platypus Y chromosomes to reveal
new leads about potential sex determining
genes in these animals.»
The findings by a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, which will be published in the April 24 issue of Cell and are receiving advance online release, support the importance of epigenetics — processes controlling whether or not
genes are expressed — in cancer pathology and
identify molecular circuits that may be targeted by
new therapeutic approaches.
By studying these relationships, the researchers have discovered a
new pathway to
identify how
genes influence disease, according to Boerwinkle.
Based on the transcript sequences, the researchers
identified 1,437
new promoters — short DNA sequences where transcription begins — in or between
genes, on top of the 1,730 promoters they knew of.
«Steep funding cuts for the federal health agencies are counterproductive at a time when innovative research is moving us closer to
identifying solutions for rare diseases,
new prevention strategies to protect Americans from deadly and costly conditions, advances in
gene therapy,
new technologies for understanding the brain, and treatments that harness the ability of our immune system to fight cancer.»
Better understanding of the association between
genes, lung function and lung diseases The
identified genes open up
new molecular biological approaches for a better understanding of lung development and of the repair and remodelling processes during disease pathogenesis.
A
new study has
identified a number of
genes that are repressed at various time points after memory formation, providing important clues as to how long - term memories are formed.
Last year, using this technique, the team
identified eight
new relationships between
genes and diseases.
A second study published in Biological Psychiatry, also led by Dr. Perlis, applied the
new method in a proof - of - concept study to
identify genes associated with psychiatric symptoms.
Before this
new study, only a handful of
genes related to baldness had been
identified.
In - depth analysis of the human body's microflora has been possible only in the past few years — a by - product of the same
new gene sequencing techniques that have allowed scientists to cheaply and accurately
identify the DNA of the human genome.
As
new oncogenic driver
genes are
identified, the testing process becomes less efficient because more
genes need to be analyzed in limited amounts of tumor tissue.
The process, reported in Human Reproduction, utilizes DNA fingerprinting (an assessment of active
genes in a given cell) to boost the success rate of IVF and lower the chances of risky multiple births by
identifying which of several five - day - old embryos are most likely to result in pregnancy The
new method, which will replace unproved alternatives such as choosing embryos based on their shape, is likely to up the success of women becoming pregnant and lower their chances of having multiple births.
«
Gene variants modifying Huntington's symptom onset may lead to
new therapeutic strategies: Genome - wide association analysis
identifies sites associated with earlier - or later - than - expected symptom appearance in human patients.»
They
identified four
new genes that were more common in those who had the disorder.
In all, they
identified cDNAs representing 12
new Y chromosome
genes.
In this way, the team
identified a
new small protein, growth inhibitor
gene product (Gp) 0.6, which specifically targets and inhibits the activity of a protein essential to bacterial cells.
«This is a seminal step in
identifying key pathways and molecules involved in kidney cancer so that specific therapies that target these
new genes can be developed to treat this cancer.»