Studies can also
include gene transfer systems such as transformation, conjugation and transduction.
Not exact matches
These
include genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice that could not be
transferred using other breeding methods.
Subsequent procedures
included mammalian somatic cell nuclear
transfer, cell fusion, induction of pluripotency by ectopic
gene expression, and direct reprogramming.
Research areas
include species for comparative research; phenotypic characterization; fitness, genome stability and lateral
gene transfer; control of organismal traits; monitoring and surveillance; modeling and standardization of methods and data.
DNA analyses of the Oaxaca corn revealed several signs of
gene transfer from transgenic plants,
including a
gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a bacterium that produces a toxin lethal to common pests.
Beginning with the Nazi Doctors» Trial at the 1946 Nuremberg Trial (1), coverage
includes publication of Henry Beecher's «Ethics and Clinical Research» (2), The New York Times exposure of the public health service syphilis study in Macon County, Alabama (the infamous «Tuskeegee case»)(3), the University of Pennsylvania / Gelsinger
gene transfer case, and The Washington Post series on international clinical drug testing abuses (4).
They say that
genes from wasps have been
transferred to several butterfly species,
including the monarch, by symbiotic viruses used as biological weapons by parasitic wasps.
This sort of horizontal
gene transfer across families of bacteria — other relatives
include Samonella, Shingella and the plague - causing organism Yersinia — marks a significant finding, Blattner notes.
The team discovered that the pattern of differences in genome organization between various individuals of the same species indicates that the bacteria
transfer DNA,
including whole
genes, back and forth.
Using a novel technique to genetically modify T cells for adoptive
transfer, Carl June, Michael Kalos, David Porter, Bruce Levine, and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine achieve clinical responses in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
including two complete, durable (one year) clinical responses, accompanied by in vivo expansion and long - term functional persistence of
gene - modified cells.
Contribution to the understanding of how the evolution of
gene families relates to functional divergence,
including the fate of duplicated
genes, horizontal
transfer and interspecies hybridization, as well as the characterization of the ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs, and the discovery of the late acquisition of mitochondria in eukaryotes (Gabaldón's group, Science 2014, PLoS Biology 2015, PLoS Genetics 2015, Nature 2016).
In an impressive example of horizontal
gene transfer, the whitefly has acquired 142
genes from bacteria or fungi,
including some coding for enzymes that break down foreign chemicals.
The latest developments in CAR - T translation and manufacturing
including alternate
gene transfer methods to deliver CARs; novel
gene editing approaches, advances in CAR design to improve safety and efficacy, and progress in creating an «off - the - shelf» allogeneic CAR - T therapy.
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs),
including human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), are known to be vulnerable to apoptosis upon various technical manipulation, such as single cell dissociation, freezing and thawing, etc., which hinder their use for clonal isolation in
gene transfer, differentiation and FACS cell sorting.
Specific activities
include optimizing the conduct and oversight of
gene transfer research, updating and interpreting biosafety policies under the NIH Guidelines Involving Research with Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acids, providing critical input on governmental policies regarding dual use research, the NIH Stem Cell Registry.
Others were unanticipated,
including significant differences in expression levels among
genes involved in fundamental cellular processes such as ribosomal biogenesis,
transfer RNA processing, and Notch - signaling — part of a complex system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions.
New coding
genes can arise in genomes through several processes,
including gene duplication,
gene fusion, de novo formation from non-coding DNA, or lateral
gene transfer (LGT) from another species.
Her research initially focused on the identification and characterization of juvenile dilated cardiomyopathy in Portuguese water dogs and has led to several ongoing studies,
including most recently the evaluation of various candidate
genes for use in a therapeutic
gene transfer approach to improve cardiac function in failing hearts.
Introduced species means any species (
including but not limited to any of its biological matter capable of propagation) that is non-native to the ecosystems of the Sanctuary; or any organism into which altered genetic matter, or genetic matter from another species, has been
transferred in order that the host organism acquires the genetic traits of the
transferred genes.
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