Sentences with phrase «modified cell nuclei»

The modified cell nuclei were then inserted into unfertilized eggs to create engineered pig embryos, which were implanted in a normal sow.

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Another important epigenetic mechanism is that the proteins that are packed together with DNA in the cell nucleus, called histones, can be chemically modified in their tails.

Before Katlyn showed up at NIH, the doctors there were already well prepared: They had inserted healthy human ADA genes into a modified mouse retrovirus — a type of virus that can enter human cells and transfer new genetic material right into the DNA strands in their nuclei.

The antisense genes were inserted into the cells» nuclei by a modified lentivirus that had been crippled to ensure it was incapable of reproducing.