Sentences with phrase «particular gene variation»

«Some people are protected from the effects of sleep deprivation by this particular gene variation but, for most of us, sleep loss does something to the brain that simply prevents us from switching gears when circumstances change.»

Other research shows that ADHD children with a particular gene variation have thinner tissue in the area of the brain that's associated with attention.

But it has not been clear until now that the effects of these particular gene variations can vary by race in patients taking clopidogrel after a heart attack.

Not exact matches

The sudden switch confounded most of the sleep - deprived participants, but those who had a particular variation of the DRD2 gene handled the switch as well as they did when well - rested.

What turns out [is] that scientists are having [a] really, really hard time finding them, and what that tell [s] us is that there are these genes that influence intelligence but each particular gene is responsible for a tiny, tiny amount of variation — like a fraction of 1 percent.

Individuals who had a particular variation in a specific gene (platelet derived growth factor D; PDGFD) had a markedly increased risk of adrenal suppression, both in the children with asthma and adults with COPD.

Previous work had shown that two variations in the COX - 2 gene, with either a guanine (G) or a cytosine (C) molecule at a particular spot in the gene's DNA sequence, lead to different levels of COX - 2 protein.

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.

They found that 25 % of the centenarians carried a particular variation of the gene APOC3, which helps determine cholesterol levels.

By comparing the sequences of these genes in healthy versus anorexic people, the team found that anorexic women consistently had particular sequence variations in two of these three genes.

So says a new study that finds that people with variations in particular genes are more likely to become addicted if they start smoking during early adolescence.

It's this diversity of looks that make man's best friend the perfect laboratory for connecting sets of genes to particular traits and understanding the molecular mechanisms that govern variation in dogs as well as humans and other mammals.

Variations in a particular gene may help explain why some people appear more youthful than others, researchers say.

Within the gene coding for MAOA, there is a particular form of variation (referred to as the MAOA - uVNTR) that is associated with differences in the expression of the MAOA gene (Sabol et al., 1998).

In particular, researchers assessed whether genetic variations in the OT and AVP receptor genes are associated with pair bonding and social behavior.

Related to this question, recent research suggests that particular polymorphisms, often those linked to risk for pathology, make the individual more susceptible to be influenced by parenting and other experiences.24 - 26 For example, children carrying the 7 - repeat variation of the DRD4 appear to benefit more from interventions directed to prevent behaviour problems than those carrying other variations of the gene.24 Nonetheless, further research is needed on how and to what extent EC skills may be influenced by the interplay between constitution and experience.