Sentences with phrase «turn genes in the cell»

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Using the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to turn off certain genes in a mouse zygote as well as other new techniques to enrich the pluripotent stem cells of a rat, the group managed to grow various rat organs (a pancreas, heart, and eyes) in a mouse embryo.

In this proposal, specific master genes that are required for the pluripotent stem - cell state would be turned on in an adult celIn this proposal, specific master genes that are required for the pluripotent stem - cell state would be turned on in an adult celin an adult cell.

Researchers in England have found that in trace amounts, they activate estrogen receptors in cells, which in turn alters the activity of certain genes.

To discover these targets, the team determined when and where each gene is turned on or off in the cells and tissues of H. contortus to reveal new insights into the worm's lifecycle.

Chronic cigarette smoke exposure, as noted in many human cancers, tends to block these cell maturation genes from properly turning on, says Baylin.

«It's not always changes in the DNA itself, but how the DNA is «decorated» to turn the genes on and off — called epigenetics — that can determine cell type.

Because the genes that are massively amplified in the neochromosomes are essential for the cell's survival, drugs that turn those off are an obvious target for research.

«In addition, changes in how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquIn addition, changes in how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquin how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquin the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.»

A transcriptome is the set of all RNA molecules transcribed in each cell type, and a readout on which genes are turned in that cell at the time.

As might be expected of an autoimmune disease, where the immune system turns on healthy tissue, all the genes play a role in controlling the growth and multiplication of cells in the immune system.

We're funding researchers to investigate how drugs alter what genes are activated such that they modify the function of the cells, and how this, in turn, modifies the functions of brain circuits, and how that modifies behavior.

«As you look for methods to discern complex immune responses in human cells, more and more people look at what genes are turned on with infections or vaccination procedures.»

The researchers used the dead guide RNAs to turn on the Pdx gene in the mice's livers, which caused the liver cells to produce insulin, reversing the mice's diabetes.

«We can turn up the translation of arbitrary genes in the cell without having to modify the genome at all,» Martin - Alarcon says.

Researchers called them induced pluripotent cells, which are created by enticing cells to turn on genes normally found in embryonic stem cells.

In 2015, she and colleagues in Church's lab used CRISPR to eliminate from pig cells 62 genes so potentially dangerous their very existence nixed previous efforts to turn pigs into organ donorIn 2015, she and colleagues in Church's lab used CRISPR to eliminate from pig cells 62 genes so potentially dangerous their very existence nixed previous efforts to turn pigs into organ donorin Church's lab used CRISPR to eliminate from pig cells 62 genes so potentially dangerous their very existence nixed previous efforts to turn pigs into organ donors.

So far, researchers have mostly turned on genes with CRISPRa in cells growing in lab dishes, says Charles Gersbach, a biomedical engineer at Duke University not involved in the new study.

In addition, they also found a second — and possibly more important — role that they hadn't expected, Maniatis says: IKKε was actively involved in turning on other antiviral genes within a celIn addition, they also found a second — and possibly more important — role that they hadn't expected, Maniatis says: IKKε was actively involved in turning on other antiviral genes within a celin turning on other antiviral genes within a cell.

Every cell type has the same genes, but each gets different instructions to turn on only those needed in a given cellular context.

To answer this question, Murphy tracked which genes were turned on and off over time in the oocytes and somatic cells in C. elegans IGF - 1 and TGF - β mutants, as well as wild - type worms.

In the human body cells turn genes on and off by means of chemical modifications that change DNA and related proteins.

When Murphy compared the genes turned off and on in oocytes and body cells of the same worm, however, she saw that two completely different sets of genes controlled oocyte and body - cell aging in C. elegans.

Harvard Medical School researcher Melina Claussnitzer and her team found that a single variation in the FTO gene caused fat cells that would normally become healthier beige to turn into white fat cells instead.

«In this current study, we've shown that by opening the TRPV1 channel to allow calcium ions to enter the cell, we can turn on a gene.

But even though IDPs in multicelled organisms make up 30 to 50 percent — depending on the organism — of the proteins that genes are able to make, it turns out that at any given moment, they exist in the cell in only tiny amounts.

But in the 1 September issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, cardiologist Michael Parmacek and his colleagues at the University of Chicago describe how they deleted two genes from the common cold virus to make it unable to cause any sniffling or fever, then replaced them with a marker gene that turns out an easily detected protein and the SM22 promoter, which turns on expression of genes in smooth muscle cells that surround arteries.

The whole process is reminiscent of trial - and - error learning in which each cell explores — at its own rhythm and independently of cell division — different molecular possibilities (i.e. different genes turned on or off) before reaching a stable combination of active genes and the corresponding morphology.

The results, which focus on two choices near the start of embryo formation, show that, when cells are making decisions about what to become, there is greater variation in the activity of the genes in different cells — the same genes may be turned on in some cells and off in others.

Somehow, scientists know, the genes that control development — generally turned off in adult cells — get turned back on again by the oocyte, enabling the cell to take on the youthful potential of a newly fertilized egg.

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study published June 18th in the journal Cell.

By turning on a several genes in adult cells, scientists can transform skin or blood cells into stem cells that can become every cell type in the body — without the ethical and practical complications of using embryos or oocytes.

He proved that the BCL6 gene was like an on and off switch, or master regulator, that triggered the production of Tfh cells, which in turn told the B cells to make more antibodies.

Half of all melanomas harbor an activating mutation in the BRAF gene that turns on the cancer signaling pathway in cells known as the MAP kinase pathway.

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.

Typically, cells of the same type have matching patterns of gene activity — many of the same genes are turned off or on in all cells.

As with all of our other genes, the DNA that encodes the telomerase enzyme is present in all of our cells — but because it's needed only after quite a few cell divisions have occurred, it's not needed in most cells for most or all of the time, so it's turned off.

The egg's very structure, its scaffolding of proteins that guide the chromosomes during cell division, may also play a key role in turning on the necessary genes.

Further experiments showed that each iPS cell line had a different pattern of DNA methylation, a molecular coating of the DNA that turns genes on or off in the cell.

CELLS GONE WILD Turning off the gene Apc in mouse intestinal cells in a culture dish spurs out - of - control cell growth (left panel, pCELLS GONE WILD Turning off the gene Apc in mouse intestinal cells in a culture dish spurs out - of - control cell growth (left panel, pcells in a culture dish spurs out - of - control cell growth (left panel, pink).

«In our experiments, our nanoparticles successfully delivered a test gene to brain cancer cells in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinIn our experiments, our nanoparticles successfully delivered a test gene to brain cancer cells in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinin mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

To deliver the healthy gene, the team inserted it into an engineered virus called adeno - associated virus 1, or AAV1, together with a promoter — a genetic sequence that turns the gene on only in certain sensory cells of the inner ear known as hair cells.

At the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, director Malcolm Brenner, a geneticist, says he has turned «AdV from poacher into gamekeeper.»

Further investigation, says Resar, showed that these unusual properties arise from the ability of HMGA1 to turn on several genes involved in the Wnt pathway, a network of proteins necessary for embryonic development and stem cell activity.

Scientists can create these seemingly magical cells from any cell in the body by introducing four genes, in essence turning back the cellular clock to an immature, nonspecialized state.

And I think we've got to lay out this basic structure of the system so that we know how many genes are turned on in each cell and how the components work.

L2 plays an important role in cells by activating mRNA decay, a system cells use to turn off gene expression when the proteins encoded by the mRNAs are no longer needed.

To test whether the new spheroids were a better mimic for functional dermal papilla cells than those that had been grown in typical dishes, Christiano and her team determined what genes were turned on and off in different sets of dermal papilla cells.

In one experiment this year, a team led by another CRISPR pioneer, Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, targeted the 20,000 or so known human genes, turning them on one by one in groups of cells to identify those involved in resistance to a melanoma druIn one experiment this year, a team led by another CRISPR pioneer, Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, targeted the 20,000 or so known human genes, turning them on one by one in groups of cells to identify those involved in resistance to a melanoma druin Cambridge, Massachusetts, targeted the 20,000 or so known human genes, turning them on one by one in groups of cells to identify those involved in resistance to a melanoma druin groups of cells to identify those involved in resistance to a melanoma druin resistance to a melanoma drug.

Also from previous work, they knew the genes whose expression within the transition zone was higher than elsewhere in the cell (indicating that they were being «turned on» for this specific purpose).

Scientists have captured atomic level snapshots showing how one key enzyme modifies a protein involved in turning genes on or off inside cells.