Sentences with phrase «instead of single genes»

The study, published in Nature Genetics, offers the possibility that targeting these processes, instead of single genes, may provide new opportunities for treatment of Wilms tumor.

Not exact matches

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.

Others might be engineered to include nutrients like beta carotene, iron, and vitamin A. Instead of one gene to fight off insects or disease, crops will be engineered with «stacks» of resistance genes to prevent pests from evolving resistance to a single approach.

Last autumn Jean Weissenbach and Marc Lathrop came up with a new type of genetic map which makes it possible to map most single genes in «months instead of years», according to Nigel Spurr, a cancer researcher and gene mapper at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

Instead, Werren likened the functionality of these single - copy genes to «moonlighting» for extra cash, with the genes taking on a «night job» in the venom gland in addition to their «day job» elsewhere in the body.

PENCIL IT IN Scientists have used two new versions of CRISPR gene editors, which rewrite DNA like pencils instead of cutting like scissors, to change single - letter typos that cause some blood disorders.

Instead of the simple manipulation of single genes, he wants to engineer many genes to work together, like transistors wired in a circuit.

In the years after finding the CFTR gene at the root of the disease, Collins, Tsui and others discovered the situation was far more complex than they had ever dreamed: Instead of just a single mutation in the gene, researchers found some 1,900 distinct mutations.

With PrediXcan, validation studies only need to test a few thousand genes at most, instead of millions of potential single mutations.

Similar results are observed in DE analyses of real data where the use of count sums instead of single - cell counts improves specificity and the ranking of relevant genes.