Sentences with phrase «other lab organisms»

Research in mice, fruit flies, worms and other lab organisms has turned up many potential causes of aging.

Such low - cal treatment has increased life spans in mice, dogs, fruit flies, yeast, worms and other lab organisms.

Not exact matches

I think about that scene when I hear the way many of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.

«On one hand, we saw similarities that reflect biological necessity and, on the other hand, differences that mirrored the organism's history,» said Cristina Sisu, postdoctoral fellow in Gerstein's lab and the first author of the pseudogene study.

Non-flowering plants could also ensure the containment of genes for herbicide resistance (or other traits conferred to the organisms), counteracting the concern that transgenic trees would spread their lab - produced genetics throughout nearby wild forest.

For each species (or group), the authors describe possible applications in lab research; summarize husbandry, genetics, and genomics; list other resources; and provide basic protocols for work with the organism.

Such «minimal genome» cells might eventually serve as templates for lab - made organisms that pump out medicines, make innovative chemicals for industry and agriculture, or churn out other molecules not yet imagined.

Mohr's liver, brain, lungs, and other tissues were «loaded with» the organism, which was not picked up in lab tests during her hospitalization, reported pathologist John Hart of the University of Chicago Medical Center.

While the improved organisms excel at photosynthesis in a lab setting, they're ill prepared to compete with other bacteria.

«It's really interesting to be embedded within the context of the Thomson lab and in the whole stem cell milieu, and understanding how this axolotl might be employing the same pathways that are present in other organisms — and possibly people,» Nelson says.

The other approach is collecting organisms in the field and then investigate them in the lab under controlled conditions, where we add CO2 (perturbation experiment).

Only lab confirmation can detect whether flu - like symptoms, including serious complications like pneumonia, are caused by influenza viruses or other types of viral or bacterial organisms.