Sentences with phrase «original gene drive»

Although the original gene drive remains in the organisms, it's inactive.

Not exact matches

The idea of «reversal drives,» which would overwrite mutated genes with the original sequence, often arises as a promising solution to gene drives gone wild.

Only two women in the study had cancer - driving mutations — both in an estrogen receptor gene called ESR1 — in their recurrent tumors not seen in the original.

Genomic changes can be reversed with subsequent gene drives, though the cassette encoding the guide RNAs and possibly cas9 will remain and any ecological changes resulting from the original genomic alteration will not necessarily be reversed.