Sentences with phrase «use genetic data»

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Boise State University have been named partners in one of five U.S. centers that will use genetic data to search for proteins that are abnormally made by cancer cells.

In the event that such claims could be brought, it would be open to legal advisers to use genetic data as evidence if such evidence could be shown to be reliable.

Ávila - Arcos hopes to use genetic data to trace the ancestors of those in her study back to specific West African groups or regions.

We can use our genetic data to find men and women who have had a child together6, which lets us see whether similar people tend to pair up using a very different data set.

ETH researchers have now shown that the high estimated mutation rates at the start of the epidemic were due to the limited number of virus samples at the time in combination with the computer models used, which calculate the estimates using genetic data from virus samples and from underlying assumptions.

Using genetic data from modern animals to figure out what went on in the past is like flipping to the end of a novel and reading only the ending; it shows how things ended up but doesn't indicate how the story started or unfolded.

A preprint recently posted on the bioRxiv server used genetic data from more than 6500 people born in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru to tease apart how specific Native American groups and multiple populations from the Iberian peninsula contributed to modern genomes.

Using the genetic data, along with high - quality 3D photographs of the participants» faces, the researchers used an artificial intelligence approach to find small differences in DNA sequences, called SNPs, associated with facial features such as cheekbone height.

Using those genetic data as a molecular clock, they proved that the HIV outbreak began long before the accused medics even started working at the hospital.

Researchers analyzed hormone levels in turtles collected on the Great Barrier Reef (off the northeastern coast of Australia) to determine their sex, and then used genetic data to link individuals to the beaches where the animals originated.

Using genetic data from more than 36,000 people with a variety of autoimmune diseases, researchers found that one genetic variant in the gene that codes for the TYK2 protein...

Using genetic data from more than 36,000 people with a variety of autoimmune diseases, researchers found that one genetic variant in the TYK2 gene protects against a wide range of...

To shed light on the mystery of Bornean elephant's origin, Chikhi and Goossens» team used genetic data analysis and computational modelling to study the past demographic history of these animals.

The legislation, which sailed through the House and Senate, also bars employers from using genetic data to hire, fire, promote or make other employment - related decisions.

Researchers compiled this tree over 5 years, using genetic data already in public databases and other information to estimate how the known 9993 bird species are related to one another.

To do this, Jetz drew an evolutionary tree of birds using genetic data from 6500 of the 10,000 bird species, which told him which were the most unique.

To answer this question, researchers led by senior author Dr. Anita Thapar used genetic data from patients with ADHD as well as data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

The results demonstrate the value of using genetic data from individuals of diverse ancestry and provide insights into the biological mechanisms regulating blood lipids to guide future genetic, biological and therapeutic research.

Not exact matches

or, more radically, for posting their genetic data to an anonymized, shared research database that might be used to identify those at risk for certain diseases or to identify those who respond better to specific classes of drugs, from beta blockers to cancer medicines.

Already its computing prowess is being used to process genetic research data 100 times faster; HPE engineers hope it will one day travel on Mars missions to empower far - flung astronauts to run experiments without contacting Earth.

It uses that data to determine the best treatment options for a patient with a certain genetic makeup.

Their website says, «Simplify complex sequencing data and make impactful discoveries using the most advanced genetic analysis tools and applications.»

Experts say many people are using a growing stream of genetic data to help them make better health decisions.

It also argued that BGI's access to DNA data of Americans might enable it to create a database of genetic information that the Chinese could then use to manufacture low - cost drugs and diagnostic tests.

In contrast, the new study made use of wrist accelerometer data, which is more objective and quantifiable, and a large genetic dataset from about 85,000 UK Biobank participants aged 40 to 70.

«Firmly resolving the relationships of birds continues to be a headache, whether using genetic or morphological data, or both,» she says.

«We are in a scenario where we can collect massive amounts of genetic data using GWAS, but are realizing that does not provide the biological context we need in order to understand the results,» says Andy McCallion, Ph.D., assistant director of the human genetics graduate program and associate professor of molecular and comparative pathobiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Combing the genetic data from a transmission study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus uses to attach to and infect host cells.

The approach makes use of available data to substantially improve the ability to identify genetic components of disease,» said Mark Johnston, Editor - in - Chief of the journal GENETICS.

The authors state that «the effective use of genetic data appears to be essential to appropriately and practically identify natural groups in some phenotypically cryptic lichen - forming fungal lineages.»

As Quintela says, if these data are confirmed, this genetic variant - present in 15 % of Caucasian people - could be used as a reliable biomarker in personalised medicine to select the best suited candidates to receive this drug.

In a new study published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Dr. Karen Hardy and her team bring together archaeological, anthropological, genetic, physiological and anatomical data to argue that carbohydrate consumption, particularly in the form of starch, was critical for the accelerated expansion of the human brain over the last million years, and coevolved both with copy number variation of the salivary amylase genes and controlled fire use for cooking.

Two study aims were to use novel whole - genome sequence data to (1) study possible correlations between language groups and genetic clustering, and (2) investigate the ancestral compositions of these individuals, including maternal and paternal lineages.

Using genome data from more than 50,000 cancer cases and 60,000 controls through the GAME - ON (Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology) network, the team compared telomere lengths with the risk of developing breast, lung, colorectal, ovarian and prostate cancers, including subtypes.

Those studies, which used less precise genetic tests, showed differences between females at beaches thousands of miles apart but provided no data on males.

Using these images and 20 years of genetic parentage data, the researchers assessed whether the variation in red ornaments influenced fecundity — that is they produced more offspring — and is heritable in male and female rhesus macaques, two necessary conditions for the trait to be considered under sexual selection.

The researchers also say that their data - scouring methodology may be used to help identify previously unknown genetic causes of other diseases, even in cases where data has already been exhaustively analyzed.

The researchers used long - term genetic monitoring data coupled with high - resolution climate and stream temperature predictions to assess whether climate warming enhances interactions between native and nonnative species through hybridization.

A third computer - driven approach lets the team simulate the process of genetic evolution over millions of generations using synthetic biological data to deduce the rules of evolution, and to identify genes that may be important for adaptation.

Their cohort study analyzed HIV testing data collected by the San Diego County Department of Public Health and the San Diego Primary Infection Cohort between 1996 and 2012, and used genetic analysis to identify local chains of transmission.

Past behavior genetics research using twin study survey data has shown genetic influence on a wide range of communication behaviors.

«I think within five years, we'll see people start to use a combination of genetic, behavioral and other sophisticated data to develop individualized weight management plans,» says Molly Bray, a geneticist and professor of nutritional sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, who led the working group.

Because most species of tarantula in the United States are very similar in appearance and can not be distinguished from each other using anatomical features alone, the research team implemented a modern and «integrative» approach to taxonomy by employing anatomical, behavioural, distributional, and genetic data.

Then, we compared the results from these models with the existing genetic data, and used statistical techniques to identify the scenario that best explained the current genetic diversity of the elephant population in Borneo,» explains Lounès Chikhi.

Some health experts predict that the next big advance in helping overweight people achieve a healthier weight will be to use an individual's genetic data to customize diets and physical activity plans, an approach known as «precision weight loss.»

Based on a 2002 study, this illustration maps the relationships between 18 human populations, using the neighbor - joining method to create an evolutionary tree built on genetic data.

«Because our approach uses only genetic data, it provides information independent from other sources.

Using clinical, genetic, and gene expression data as filters to distinguish genes whose copy number alteration causes cancer from those for whom copy number changes are incidental, the team whittled down their list from 14,000 to a more manageable number, each of which they systematically tested using genetic experiments in aniUsing clinical, genetic, and gene expression data as filters to distinguish genes whose copy number alteration causes cancer from those for whom copy number changes are incidental, the team whittled down their list from 14,000 to a more manageable number, each of which they systematically tested using genetic experiments in aniusing genetic experiments in animals.

Collins, who points out that the commitment of the genome project to address ethical issues as well as generate data came at the project's inception, describes four categories of questions: Fairness and privacy; implementation of new medical practices based on genomic data (e.g., genetic testing); use of human subjects; and public education.

They have the opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of clinical and patient - oriented research, from Phase I, II, and III trials to collection of samples and clinical data used to identify genetic variation that leads to human disease.