Sentences with phrase «preventing altered genes»

Synthetic incompatibility has applications in controlling or eradicating invasive species, crop pests and disease - carrying insects as well as preventing altered genes from escaping from genetically modified crops into other plant populations.

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If researchers do prove that testosterone can alter human sexual orientation — gay gene or no gay gene — the possibility of preventing homosexuality will become a reality.

Sifting through this mountain of data, the scientists found three key genes that were altered by the NOTCH1 mutation and also acted as master regulators, turning off the critical pathways that normally prevent inflammation and calcification.

The virus essentially acts like a «sponge», preventing MSI1 from working correctly and altering the expression of many genes involved in neuronal development.

The mutation they carry alters the regulation of other genes, but which of these prevent AML cells from becoming normal blood - forming cells is largely unknown.

There is also the possibility of a genetic cause involving the p53 gene and an Rb gene which normally act as tumor suppresser genes and for some reason are altered preventing their usual functioning.