Sentences with phrase «sequences in those human genomes»

«The elephant results revealed noncoding sequences in the human genome that we predict may control gene activity and reduce the formation of mutations and cancer.»

Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa and his team are comparing the DNA of «teen baby» Brooke Greenberg, from Baltimore, Maryland, with that of her three healthy sisters, her parents and standard human DNA sequences in the human genome database.

The researchers were searching for archaic DNA sequences in those human genomes at frequencies much higher than would be expected if those genes weren't doing people any good.

Peter and his team discovered sequences in the human genome that when converted into small double - stranded RNA molecules trigger what they believe to be an ancient kill switch in cells to prevent cancer.

The researchers searched hundreds of molecules for potential partners of α - catenin and turned up a new protein known only by its sequence in the human genome database: ARHGAP10.

«Discovery and typing of polymorphic non-deletions of ancestral hominid sequence in the human genome»

Not exact matches

Venter, who is one of the first people to sequence the human genome, co-founded the company in effort to discover early genetic markers for a variety of disorders.

The commercialization of DNA sequencing (the reading of an organism's code) and synthesis (the writing of that code) has accelerated since the mapping of the human genome was completed in 2003.

Dec. 18, 2013 — The most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome, using DNA extracted from a woman's toe bone that dates back 50,000 years, reveals a long history of interbreeding among at least four different types of early humans living in Europe and Asia at that time, according to University of California, Berkeley, scientists.

In June 2000 he and Craig Venter of the rival commercial project were able jointly to announce the entire sequencing of the human genome.

A human - chimp comparison revealed some 35 million mutations in the single units of the overall sequence and also found about 5 million additions to or subtractions from the genome involving chunks of DNA sequence.

In sequencing of the human genome, we learned that diseases rarely correlated to specific human genes.

All the technologies for sequencing the human genome have been developed in this country.

To determine how the cells switch from one type to another, they took three human uterine carcinosarcoma samples and sequenced the genomes of cells in two parts of each tumor: the carcinoma and sarcoma components.

The newly sequenced genome of the plague - causing bacterium Yersinia pestis suggests human adaptations are what have kept this disease in check

An international team led by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a new technique for identifying gene enhancers — sequences of DNA that act to amplify the expression of a specific gene — in the genomes of humans and other mammals.

In February, researchers published the first ancient American human genome, sequencing DNA from the remains of a boy known as Anzick - 1, who was buried about 12,600 years ago in what is now western MontanIn February, researchers published the first ancient American human genome, sequencing DNA from the remains of a boy known as Anzick - 1, who was buried about 12,600 years ago in what is now western Montanin what is now western Montana.

Thanks to powerful gene - sequencing techniques developed in the past two decades during the race to decode the human genome, researchers are beginning to reconstruct what our ancestors» microbiomes looked like, potentially going back thousands of years.

Now that the whole Neanderthal genome has been sequenced, Harvard geneticist George Church thinks a clone could be gestated in a human surrogate mother.

The Human Genome Project, which sequenced the 3 billion pairs of nucleotide bases in human DNA, was a piece of cake in comparison: Epigenetic markers and patterns are different in every tissue type in the human body and also change over Human Genome Project, which sequenced the 3 billion pairs of nucleotide bases in human DNA, was a piece of cake in comparison: Epigenetic markers and patterns are different in every tissue type in the human body and also change over human DNA, was a piece of cake in comparison: Epigenetic markers and patterns are different in every tissue type in the human body and also change over human body and also change over time.

In addition to sequencing the woolly mammoth genome, Hendrik has reconstructed the diets of extinct giant sloths, debunked a hypothesis about the origin of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sequenced the genome of the bacterium that caused Black Death.

An analysis of the HPV16 genome from 5,570 human cell and tissue samples revealed that the virus actually consists of thousands of unique genomes, such that infected women living in the same region often have different HPV16 sequences and variable risks to cancer.

Data published by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium indicate that somewhere between 113 and 223 genes present in bacteria and in the human genome are absent in well - studied organisms — such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — that lie in between those two evolutionary extrHuman Genome Sequencing Consortium indicate that somewhere between 113 and 223 genes present in bacteria and in the human genome are absent in well - studied organisms — such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — that lie in between those two evolutionary extGenome Sequencing Consortium indicate that somewhere between 113 and 223 genes present in bacteria and in the human genome are absent in well - studied organisms — such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — that lie in between those two evolutionary extrhuman genome are absent in well - studied organisms — such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — that lie in between those two evolutionary extgenome are absent in well - studied organisms — such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — that lie in between those two evolutionary extremes.

And with the recent unveiling of the human genome sequence — to say nothing of the new drugs that are being tested every day — those working in the patent field are busier than ever.

Erwin compares the endeavor to the Human Genome Project, in which scientists mapped the sequence of our genes.

In 1991, technology was developed that permitted «shot gun» sequencing, the identification of short DNA sequences scattered virtually at random throughout the 100,000 or so genes of the human genome.

If all this sounds wildly implausible, bear in mind that the idea of sequencing an entire human genome in days seemed nigh on impossible just a few years ago.

And in the United States, the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, recently funded three Mendelian Disorders Sequencing Centers that will apply genome sequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmental Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, recently funded three Mendelian Disorders Sequencing Centers that will apply genome sequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmenSequencing Centers that will apply genome sequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmental genome sequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmensequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmental delay.

«We explored the opportunity of using sperm RNA elements as a predictor of human health, with applications at the fertility clinic that would go hand - in - hand with the new neonatal intensive care unit genome sequencing to better health outcomes,» said Dr. Krawetz, associate director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Develophuman health, with applications at the fertility clinic that would go hand - in - hand with the new neonatal intensive care unit genome sequencing to better health outcomes,» said Dr. Krawetz, associate director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and DevelopHuman Growth and Development.

The publication of the human genome in 2001 revealed its sequence — the significance of which remains a mystery.

Using advanced sequencing technologies, University of Oklahoma anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole mitochondrial genomes for maternal ancestry analysis — an alternative to skeletal remains in ancient DNA investigations of human ancestry.

Encased in ice for 4,000 years, a clump of prehistoric human hair gave up its secrets to the University of Copenhagen's Eske Willerslev, the first researcher to sequence an ancient human genome.

As the cost of sequencing the human genome has plummeted in recent years, many medical researchers have touted the potential of personalized medicine — exotic therapies and synthetic drugs that are tailored to our individual genetic makeup.

Along the way, the hope is that the project will transform the technology of neuroscience — in the same way that the Human Genome Project (HGP) helped take genome - sequencing from pipe dream to everyday reality — and ultimately revolutionise our understanding of brain funGenome Project (HGP) helped take genome - sequencing from pipe dream to everyday reality — and ultimately revolutionise our understanding of brain fungenome - sequencing from pipe dream to everyday reality — and ultimately revolutionise our understanding of brain function.

In - depth analysis of the human body's microflora has been possible only in the past few years — a by - product of the same new gene sequencing techniques that have allowed scientists to cheaply and accurately identify the DNA of the human genomIn - depth analysis of the human body's microflora has been possible only in the past few years — a by - product of the same new gene sequencing techniques that have allowed scientists to cheaply and accurately identify the DNA of the human genomin the past few years — a by - product of the same new gene sequencing techniques that have allowed scientists to cheaply and accurately identify the DNA of the human genome.

«Once we can build that sort of database for the human organism, it helps us much better understand disease, how to diagnose disease, how better to treat disease,» says Richard Wilson, the director of the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kanost and the Kansas State University team prepared and purified the DNA of the tobacco hornworm and sent the samples to the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston, which performed the genome sequeGenome Sequencing Center in Houston, which performed the genome sSequencing Center in Houston, which performed the genome sequegenome sequencingsequencing.

In one of their most challenging human DNA projects to date — no British individual this old has ever had their genome sequenced — the Natural History Museum's ancient DNA lab's Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace carried out the first ever full reading of Cheddar Man's DNA.

All that changed this month, with the publication of a 400,000 - year - old mitochondrial genome sequenced from the remains of an early human found in a cave in Spain.

So declared President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2000, at an event held to hail the completion of the first draft assemblies of the human genome sequence by two fierce rivals, the publicly funded international Human Genome Project and its private - sector competitor Celera Genomics of Rockville,human genome sequence by two fierce rivals, the publicly funded international Human Genome Project and its private - sector competitor Celera Genomics of Rockvillegenome sequence by two fierce rivals, the publicly funded international Human Genome Project and its private - sector competitor Celera Genomics of Rockville,Human Genome Project and its private - sector competitor Celera Genomics of RockvilleGenome Project and its private - sector competitor Celera Genomics of Rockville, Md..

Over the course of a year, a committee led by Green and Leslie Biesecker, chief of the Genetic Disease Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, has been weighing how to handle «incidental findings» that turn up when a genome or exome is sequenced for some other medical rGenome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, has been weighing how to handle «incidental findings» that turn up when a genome or exome is sequenced for some other medical rgenome or exome is sequenced for some other medical reason.

A new high - coverage DNA sequencing method reconstructs the full genome of Denisovans — relatives to both Neandertals and humans — from genetic fragments in a single finger bone

The move comes in response to the announcement earlier this week of a new U.S. company, launched by sequencing - machine manufacturer Perkin - Elmer and J. Craig Venter of The Institute for Genomic Research, that plans a brute - force approach to sequencing the human genome within 3 years (ScienceNOW, 12 May).

Since the publication of the human genome sequence in 2001, scientists have found that the so - called junk DNA that lies between genes actually carries out many important functions.

«Sequencing the human genome, device miniaturization, and the advent of combination devices have shifted the focus from engineering to the life sciences in the device industry,» adds Jules Mitchel, president of Target Health Inc. in New York City, a company that conducts clinical trials for MD&D companies.

We obtain a genome sequence from Kostenki 14 in European Russia dating to 38,700 to 36,200 years ago, one of the oldest fossils of Anatomically Modern Humans from Europe.

«This was the ultimate in identity theft,» says Venter, a biologist well known for his private - sector contribution to the sequencing of the human genome.

In the last decade, however, complete genome - sequence information and increasingly powerful bioinformatic tools have allowed us to generate and analyse draft interactome maps both for humans and for other model organisms.

The expansive, sun - streaked laboratory sits above the university's renowned gene - sequencing center, which proved a major player in powering the Human Genome Project.

Venter — who likes being compared to Galileo — led one of the teams that sequenced the human genome in the late 1990s.