Sentences with phrase «in genes for»

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EOAD is associated with mutations in the genes for APP, presenilin 1, and presenilin 2.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes for 2» -5» - oligoadenylate synthetase and RNase L inpatients hospitalized with West Nile virus infection.J Infect Dis.

Other projects focus on studying how mutations found in the genes for skeletogenic transcription factors cause skeletal and other defects in human patients and finding ways to overcome the negative effects of these mutations in patients.

Working with Nancy Cox, PhD, professor of medicine and human genetics and section chief of genetic medicine at the University of Chicago, Bell discovered mutations in the genes for glucokinase and for three transcription factors that cause an early - onset form of diabetes called maturity - onset diabetes of the young.

Methods: Redox proteomics was used to identify oxidatively modified brain proteins in persons with mutations in the genes for presenilin - 1 (PS - 1).

The researchers say they didn't start with the notion that they'd find adaptations in genes for metabolism, they simply popped out of the data as it was analyzed.

Compared with the ancestral lineage, the East African cichlid genomes possess: an excess of gene duplications; alterations in regulatory, non-protein-coding elements in the genome; accelerated evolution of protein - coding elements, especially in genes for pigmentation; and other distinct features that affect gene expression, such as insertions of transposable elements and regulation by novel microRNAs.

Mice, compared with humans, are more richly endowed in genes for sex, sense of smell, and immunity against pathogens.

But most of the recent patients were infected with Bordetella strains that have mutations in the genes for two key proteins thought to trigger production of immunizing antibodies.

By looking at variations in genes for hair and skin color and in the «speech» gene, we have also gained a better sense of how we are similar to and different from Neandertals.

Using gene mapping techniques, the researchers zeroed in on a mutation in the gene for hypocretin receptor 2.

A second group has found in an obese woman a defect in the gene for a hormone - processing enzyme.

Most cases of familial hypolipidemia are linked to other gene mutations that cause liver and digestive problems, but in members of this American family with the condition, Musunuru found mutations in the gene for ANGPTL3, and no associated health problems.

One team has found in two children mutations in the gene for the metabolic hormone leptin, which in mice tells the body it's satiated; defects in this gene had not previously been found in obese people.

Francesco Cipollone of the «G. d'Annunzio» University of Chieti, Italy, and colleagues wondered whether genetic variations in the gene for COX - 2, an enzyme that stimulates prostaglandin production, might influence heart attack and stroke risk.

A single variation in the gene for brain - derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) may influence obesity in children and adults, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

In a 2007 paper published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Poland and his colleagues reported that people who have mutations in a gene for a protein called SLAM produce 70 percent fewer antibodies after live measles inoculation than people without the mutation.

Akassoglou and her colleagues thought they had a good candidate in the gene for the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR), a regulator of cell death in the brain that also switches on soon after liver injuries.

Furthermore, a difference in the gene for matrix metalloproteinase (MMP2), an enzyme found in teeth, was linked to increased filling failure.

Brandis and Hughes changed many different codons and showed that changing even a single codon in the gene for this protein into any one of the alternative «synonymous» codons reduced the «fitness» of Salmonella.

Rice University scientists have uncovered new details about how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger Huntington's and other neurological diseases.

Because of defects in the gene for the enzyme, fat clogs up blood vessels in the gut and pancreas of those with LPLD.

The newly fingered SNP lies in a gene for a protein called LINGO1 that is present only in the brain and spinal cord — a distribution consistent with a role in neurological disorders, says neurologist Dietrich Haubenberger of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, one of the study's authors.

In 2006, Penn researchers led by Kaplan and Eileen Shore, PhD, the Cali - Weldon Professor of FOP Research and a co-author on the current study, discovered how a mutation in the gene for a BMP receptor called Activin Receptor A type I (ACVR1) occurs in all individuals who have classic FOP.

Four years ago, Farooqi's group discovered that a separate mutation in the gene for melanocortin - 4 receptor shows up in 1 percent of obese people and 5 to 6 percent of severely obese children.

A variant in the gene for this receptor previously had been linked to asthma in genetic studies, but the potential role of the receptor, called CDHR3, in asthma was unknown.

Alice Shaw recalls a signal moment in 2004 — just as she was finishing her oncology fellowship at MIT — when scientists discovered that mutations in a gene for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were the culprits in about 10 to 15 percent of lung cancer patients.

What, for example, if you could put in a gene for human insulin and it would start churning out insulin for you?Now at that time this created a big controversy as I mentioned.

They have a disruptive mutation in the gene for the blood cell molecule hemoglobin; as a result, their red blood cells typically take on a sickle shape, which causes them to clog up blood vessels, leading to intense pain, especially in the long limb bones.

In CF a defect in a gene for a transporter protein involved in mucus production affects many organs and tissues, but its most serious effects are often seen in the lungs.

Hunter syndrome results from a mutation in a gene for an enzyme that cells need to break down certain sugars.

To that end, Gleeson wants to identify further patients with mutations in the gene for BCKD - kinase.

«These kids accumulate repeats in a gene for a protein called frataxin that mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, need to process energy.

Caused by a mutation in the gene for a protein called huntingtin, the disease damages brain cells so that people with Huntington's progressively lose their ability to walk, talk, think and reason.

Hemophilia B is caused by defects in the gene for factor IX, a blood clotting protein.

The researchers found that patients from MODY3 families had one of several different mutations in the gene for hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha (HNF -1-alpha) but healthy subjects had normal copies of the gene.

Recent genetic research in humans has implicated mutations in the gene for Tet2 as a risk factor for many different diseases of aging, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.

Gene editing has emerged as a promising strategy to treat diseases like β - thalassemia and sickle cell disease which are both caused by mutations in the gene for β - globin (HBB).

Not exact matches

Birds, for example, can regenerate hair cells — and lately researchers have found a few similar effects in mammals that used gene and drug therapy.

For a self - described bum off the streets of New York, Gene's — and the band's — success seems inevitable only in hindsight.

In Kilgrave's case, for example, the gene therapy would need to be done extensively until all of his millions of affected cells were treated, something that's quite unlikely.

The technology's possibilities are staggering — in theory, allowing medical scientists to do everything from cure genetic disorders like sickle cell disease to identify gene targets for combating HIV.

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

Shares of pioneering CRISPR gene - editing firm Editas fell 7 % in early Tuesday trading after the company announced that it would delay an initial FDA filing for clinical trials of one of its lead drugs, LCA10, to the middle of next year (Editas had originally planned to file by the end of 2017).

In October, Gene filed for bankruptcy — just over two years after making a salary most Canadians can only dream of.

In 2015, Gene lost his job when the price of oil crashed, and was out of work for nine months.

Spark Therapeutics» stock soared 20 % in Wednesday trading on the heels of its second quarter 2017 earnings report and some (very) early data on the gene therapy - focused firm's treatment for the blood disorder hemophilia A.

• Myonexus Therapeutics, a New Albany, Oh. - based clinical - stage biotechnology company developing transformative gene therapies for limb - girdle muscular dystrophies, raised $ 2.5 million in seed funding.

In February, the FDA agreed to allow 23andMe and its competitors to resume marketing tests for autosomal - recessive diseases, which result when both parents carry an abnormal gene.