Sentences with phrase «using molecular genetic studies»

These studies are performed using molecular genetic studies, where DNA is extracted from participants» blood samples and the correlation between the DNA and the observed behavior is projected.

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«It could allow some of the molecular and genetic studies done on modern animals to be potentially used on dinosaur samples.»
In a new study, Murphy, a molecular biologist at Princeton University, showed that long - lived bodily, or somatic, cells in Caenorhabditis elegans, a one - millimeter nematode commonly used as a model for aging studies in labs, activate genetic pathways completely separate from those found in long - lived egg, or oocyte, cells.
The team of researchers was the first in the world to use modern genetic, molecular and biochemical methods to study tooth enamel defects in detail.
A chromosome - specific BAC library was used to assemble 82 % of the chromosome into 1036 contigs that were anchored with 1443 molecular markers, providing a major resource for genetic and genomic studies.
His current research uses a variety of molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches to study the basic biology of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).
A study developed by researchers of the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP), a joint center of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Unit for Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of plant seeds using genetic engineering.
In this study, the researchers used molecular, cell biological, in vivo genetic and bioinformatics approaches to identify the EGFR ligand amphiregulin as a physiological substrate, and demonstrate a role for iRhoms in amphiregulin - EGFR - dependent wound healing.
In a series of studies this year, molecular geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine used a harmless virus to ferry new genes through the bloodstream, across blood vessel walls, and into almost every muscle cell in the bodies of hamsters bred to have human genetic diseases.
C.elegans has been used for decades as a model animal to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of neurological disorders through a number of techniques including bio imaging, electrophysiology and behavior.
In a study published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, neuroscientists from around the globe used genetic, electrophysiological, biochemical, and molecular techniques to uncover the function of neuregulin 3.
On 11 March, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) issued a press release proudly announcing that a research team there had deciphered much of the genetic sequence of one of the most widely used cell lines in cancer studies and had made the information available publicly.
This means that the materials are usually non-adapted (exotic or semi-exotic), but their desirable traits can be used in crosses, genetic studies, molecular marker development and parent - building.
Claire is currently a PhD candidate in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at the University of Washington, where she studies the patterning and development of the nervous system, using genetic and bioinformatic approaches.
Dr. Tarazi studies the behavioral, genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that mediate the actions of dissimilar psychotropic drugs by using animal models that mimic the core symptoms of different neuropsychiatric diseases.
LA JOLLA, CA — A multi-institutional team headed by Ursula Bellugi, professor and director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has been awarded a $ 5.5 million Program Project Grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to link social behavior to its underlying neurobiological and molecular genetic basis using Williams syndrome as a model.
In basic research, xenopus is used for studies in development biology, cell biology, molecular genetic and in the area of ecotoxicology.
Nathans pioneered the use of these type II enzymes for molecular genetic studies of medical interest.
Research ranges from basic molecular and genetic studies to epidemiological and clinical research on cancer prevention, early diagnosis, molecular characteristics of the cancer process and new treatments for cancer using drugs and radiotherapy.
Paul Sawchenko uses cell biological and genetic approaches in rodent models to study how stress - responsive systems are organized at a molecular level within the body and particularly within the brain.
Whole genome association analysis studies that utilize single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers have been used to identify the molecular causes of various traits and conditions including genetic mutations within breeds that cause coat color variations [15], hairlessness [25] and defects in spinal development [26].
«I believe a tremendous opportunity exists to use genetics and genomics to develop new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent equine disease,» says Schultz, a Fellow who plans to study the molecular basis of equine genetic disease and genomic influences on complex diseases at the University of Minnesota.
2008 — 2012 TYL LLC — Houston, TX Botanist • Arranged handbooks for plant identification • Studied the life and rate of plant chromosomes, cells, and tissues • Used PC for information and data storage, and for examination of data • Grew plants in prescribed conditions to review the significance of ecological and genetic variables • Studied the genetics of plants using biochemical and molecular methods in the laboratory and so decide the patterns of plant development
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