Sentences with phrase «inherited gene variations»

The researchers also determined that rare inherited gene variations — those found in less than 5 % of people — contribute another 3 % of autism population risk.

«Inherited gene variation linked to an increased risk of the most common childhood cancer.»

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McCarroll found that patients who had certain variations of a gene called C4 were more likely to inherit the disease.

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center hope to improve NSCLC patient survival with the results of a study that found that inherited genetic variations in interleukin genes are associated with improved patient survival and response to therapy.

Moffitt researchers focused their attention on inherited genetic variations in genes called interleukins.

Genetic factors can contribute to the degree of longevity in at least two important ways: An individual may inherit certain genetic variations that predispose him or her to disease that decreases longevity; other gene variants may confer disease resistance, thereby increasing it.

Researchers studying two generations of a family affected by pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have identified an inherited variation in the ETV6 gene that is associated with an increased risk of developing the disease.

Spark Therapeutics hopes to win U.S. approval in January 2018 for a gene therapy to cure a rare inherited form of blindness, while Novartis could get a U.S. go - ahead as early as next month for its gene - modified cell therapy against leukaemia - a variation on standard gene therapy.

Patients with a particular inherited variation in the gene IFITM3 were more than twice as likely to develop severe, life - threatening flu symptoms as those who carried the protective version of the gene.

Although gene variations are primarily inherited at conception, the findings show that environmental impacts can also introduce them later on.

American geneticist Calvin Bridges discovered copy number variation in 1936, when he noticed that flies that inherit a duplicate copy of a gene called Bar develop very small eyes.

Inherited variation in the PARP1 gene and survival from melanoma.

What's more, inherited diseases can arise from a problem with one gene (a simple example is sickle - cell anemia, a condition caused by defects in a single gene that makes the hemoglobin protein), or from interactions among a range of genetic variations as well as, frequently, environmental stresses.

Variations in the genes we inherit from our parents ensure that each brain is uniquely wired, leading to differences in how we think, learn and behave, and in our propensity for mental illness.