Sentences with phrase «specific predispositions»

What Locke could not sufficiently appreciate, given his lack of neuroscientific understanding, was the way in which the human brain has evolved and come to possess specific predispositions as a consequence of this evolutionary process.

Furthermore, dog breeds provide genetic isolates, each having a specific predisposition towards compulsive behaviours, which increases the feasibility of conducting genetic association studies.

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Whether biological or social, whether innate or environmental, we begin our morally responsible life with a specific inheritance and a predisposition toward behaving in specific ways.

It has been estimated that 5 % to 10 % of infants who die from SIDS have novel mutations in the cardiac sodium or potassium channel genes that result in long QT syndrome as well as in other genes that regulate channel function.44 A recent report described important new molecular and functional evidence that implicates specific SCN5A (sodium channel gene) β subunits in SIDS pathogenesis.47 The identification of polymorphisms in genes pertinent to the embryologic origin of the autonomic nervous system in SIDS cases also lends support to the hypothesis that a genetic predisposition contributes to the etiology of SIDS.

And whereas in many other countries this scientific revolution could become a profound social injustice as those with a with a predisposition to specific conditions face exorbitant private insurance costs or even exclusion from cover altogether, in Britain healthcare will be provided to everyone free of charge, regardless of medical conditions.

The following Statement is a product of the Group's dialogue on genetic discrimination in health insurance in those instances where there is a predisposition to disease without a diagnosis of a specific illness.

GINA Becomes Genuine By late May, President George W. Bush was expected to have signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which will prohibit health insurers from canceling or denying coverage or hiking premiums based on a genetic predisposition to a specific disease.

In future, Bandyopadhyay says, better understanding how chemotherapy agents impact specific biological pathways should allow drug trials to focus on patients who are more likely to respond to the drugs being tested and enable clinicians to identify targeted or combination therapies for patients with a genetic predisposition to resistance.

The House today passed a measure by a whopping 414 - to - 1 margin that would prohibit health insurers from canceling or denying coverage or hiking premiums based on a genetic predisposition to a specific disease.

Recent research from the University of Chicago that Dr. Guandalini co-authored pinpointed a specific infection that promoted an inflammatory response and the development of celiac in people who had a genetic predisposition to the disease.

Neither stress nor the specific stimulus is sufficient by itself to cause migraine; they must occur together, and then only in a person with a genetic predisposition for it.

A genetic predisposition to developing the condition may exist, though no specific breed is known to have a greater risk.

It can be difficult to determine whether a dog's fear stems from genetics, but one clue is that a dog whose fear stems from a genetic predisposition may appear fearful to many things rather than having just one specific phobia.

Some breeders favor different styles of Golden Retrievers and some may even have a personal preference for a lighter or a darker golden, but good breeders never focus exclusively on a specific colour, since this would unnecessarily narrow the gene - pool and may cause genetic predispositions towards hereditary health issues to become magnified over time.

Reasonable suggestions here include consideration of breed - specific health predispositions, the intended use for the animal and the age of the animal.

A genetic predisposition is strongly suspected because TCC is more common in specific breeds of dogs.

Breed specific chronic hepatitis is the inflammation and possible necrosis of the liver due at least in part to a breed predisposition for developing this disorder.

Long - term species - specific studies of lateralization in nonhumans are required to determine if pawedness shifts over time or varies with context, experience and genetic predisposition.

Many dogs have health concerns or predispositions that are breed specific.

Some companies exclude certain breeds from coverage, while others exclude specific medical conditions from coverage in breeds who have a genetic predisposition.

There seems to be a genetic predisposition in some dogs (the outlet of the specific type of compulsive behavior may even vary from breed to breed).

The specific degenerative neurologic disease called degenerative myelopathy (DM) that your previous dog had occurs more often in German shepherds than any other breed of dog, suggesting a genetic predisposition.

The authors of the study believe that this predisposition to a thunder phobia is a direct result of breeding for specific characteristics in these dogs.

Apart from affecting larger breed dogs more commonly, Type II IVDD seems to offer no specific breed predispositions.

By the time the 1960s rolled around, these works had become central to the story of 20th - century art — to the extent that the exhibition's curator, William C. Seitz, could write in the catalog that «collage and related modes of construction manifest a predisposition that is characteristically modern» insofar as they «denote not only a specific technical procedure and form used in the literary and musical as well as the plastic arts, but also a complex of attitudes and ideas.»

Genetic testing — which the report describes as «the analysis of a person's chromosomes, genes, or gene products (proteins) to identify the presence of specific traits» — is accessible to Canadians interested in learning more about their predisposition to certain health issues, or for diagnosis.

If you have a specific concern about other illnesses due to family history or predisposition, those can be added.