Sentences with phrase «if useful genes»

The next step was to see if useful genes could be switched on by the same method.

Not exact matches

Galas told me, looking back: «Darwin was founded on the idea of pulling out genes and seeing if they'd be useful or therapeutic.

But, says Packer, «if you want to understand how these genes interact, the honey bee might be a useful model.»

Further work is required to consider if certain gene pathways may provide a base for useful interventions.»

Thinking they may have hit upon a useful gene that could reveal disease pathways, his group searched to see if the mouse mutation could also be found in schizophrenic humans.

«If unfavorable alleles of neighboring genes always are carried in with the favorable alleles of the targeted genes, then that is not useful,» he added.

«If we could somehow limit this collateral damage to cancer - causing genes without reducing the infection - fighting powers of B cells, that could be very useful,» he says.

And if any of those genes prove useful, they can become a permanent part of the genome of the butterfly or moth species.

The new finding suggests that this may not be a useful a strategy in the future, because if the resistant rats hold their own or become dominant, the gene for resistance will not disappear.

However, hiPS cell - derived hepatocytes are only useful as an in vitro model system and for gene editing applications if they recapitulate critical hepatocyte functions.

If the model organism genome projects are to be maximally useful in assigning functions to human DNA sequences, they will need to utilize the powerful tools for determining gene function that are available to them so that not only the sequences of the genes, but also their biological functions, are determined.

An earlier study found that genes passed down from Neandertals, even if they were once useful, might raise the risk of certain diseases today.

NF - kB translates stress by activating genes to produce proteins called cytokines that cause inflammation at cellular level — a reaction that is useful as a short - lived fight - or - flight reaction, but if persistent leads to a higher risk of cancer, accelerated aging and psychiatric disorders like depression.

Lively and full of errata, if not too much useful criticism or context beyond «this scared me when I was a kid» (see above for my identical contribution to this conversation), it's the preferred option over the first commentary reuniting stars Robinson and Gene Barry, who do better than you'd expect (especially Robinson, who's evidently boned up for this project) but still just provide the usual behind - the - scenes stories.

It's an interesting «pump the periphery» principle that tends to make useful - on - the - frontier genes much more common in the central population than if the population size were static and only frontier peoples needed frontier genes.