Sentences with phrase «version of a gene called»

«In two studies of breast - fed infants involving more than 3,000 children in Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.

A version of the gene called APOE3 has no effect on Alzheimer's risk, whereas the APOE2 version protects against the disease.

At the time, scientists studying Icelandic horses known for a special gait discovered that they, as well as American Standardbred horses used in harness racing, share a somewhat shortened version of a gene called DMRT3.

To devise a potential new therapy, the investigators engineered a population of neural stem cells to express a potent version of a gene called TRAIL, which codes for a molecule that activates cell - death - inducing receptors found only on the surface of cancer cells.

The study team injected patients with a vector, a genetically engineered adeno - associated virus, which carried a normal version of a gene called RPE65 that is mutated in one form of LCA.

And he's focusing on faulty (mutated) versions of a gene called JAK2.

Dogs with DM have two copies of a particular version of a gene called SOD1.

Not exact matches

The less adept mice, Rubin's team found, carry extra copies of a previously known human gene called DYRK; a mutated version of an almost identical gene in fruit flies, called minibrain, causes neurological defects.

Particular versions of one such gene, called CRH, were more common in people who had been abused as children but didn't suffer from depression as adults, for instance.

University of Washington pathology professor George Martin and his colleagues at the Osaka University Medical School in Japan studied 347 Japanese, each with one of three versions of the Werner gene: the so - called cysteine - cysteine (CC), cysteine - arginine (CR), and arginine - arginine (RR) genotypes.

The two closely related regulatory genes are active in the normal development of mammals and govern how RNAs produced from the genes are joined to make final versions of the encoded protein, a process called alternative splicing.

In the second stage of the study, the researchers used another version of the gene - probe technology, called «quantitative PCR,» which yielded the vaginal concentrations of each of the 20 species in every sample, and linked it to HIV risk.

The researchers first used yeast to quickly and cheaply screen 169,000 interactions between yeast versions of human tumor - suppressor genes and genes that can be inhibited with drugs, sometimes called «druggable» targets.

Different versions of genes can vary at single points in their sequence, and these variations are called SNPs.

Athletes who excel in endurance sports are more likely to have another version of the gene — this one called the X variant — that does not produce actinin.

Because the leg fan reminded the researchers of a Japanese fan, they decided to call the newer gene geisha and its ancestral version mother of geisha.

People with the so - called GG version of the oxytocin receptor gene were judged to be kinder than those with GA or AA versions.

In 2006, researchers discovered the genetic defect behind FOP: A mutated version of the gene ACVR1, which in patients produces an overactive form of a cell surface protein called a transmembrane receptor.

Then for HARE5, the most active enhancer in an area of the brain called the cortex, they made minigenes containing either the chimp or human version of the enhancer linked to a «reporter» gene that caused the developing mouse embryo to turn blue wherever the enhancer turned the gene on.

Hutchinson - Gilford progeria is caused by a spontaneous mutation during conception in a gene called LMNA, which encodes a protein called prelamin A. Progeria patients experience a buildup of an abnormal version of prelamin A in their cells that, among other changes, distorts the nucleus and alters gene expression.

In oncology terms, this double - hit status is called «loss of heterozygosity,» or LOH, to signify that both versions (one from mom, one from dad) of the normal BRCA gene have been hobbled.

Horses homozygous (having two copies) of one version (allele) of the gene — the so - called CC horses — are sprinters, she says.

The process of figuring out which of these genetic differences lie on each chromosome is called haplotyping, and it's an important step toward identifying which version of a gene may cause disease.

Genetic analysis revealed that eight people who got relief from the placebo had a particular version of a gene that regulates serotonin production called the tryptophan hydroxylase - 2 promoter (TPH2), the researchers report tomorrow in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Then they studied how two versions of this gene, called C and G, affected IQ in 1000 children who grew up in New Zealand and 2200 children who grew up in Britain.

In a study published in Cell Stem Cell, the researchers used a modified version of CRISPR called CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) to inactivate genes in iPSCs and heart cells created from iPSCs.

CRISPRi, first reported in 2013, relies on a deactivated version of the Cas9 protein, which — together with an inhibitor protein called KRAB — sits on a target gene.

In mouse models in which the endogenous Smn1 gene has been knocked out and human versions of SMN2 have been swapped in, the Isis therapy — a so - called «antisense oligonucleotide» — delivered to the mouse central nervous system (CNS) increased the expression of full - length SMN protein in motor neurons, improved muscle strength in behavioral tests and extended the rodents» median lifespan from 16 days to 26 days3.

The new system, called Casilio, combines an altered version of CRISPR (CRISPR - dCas9) with the Pumilio RNA - binding protein system to enable much broader gene manipulation power.

The shorter version of the gene, which is called GRIK4, makes a more stable receptor for glutamate, a key brain - signaling molecule.

However, if you're a woman who has this gene mutation, you're not going to be able to absorb folic acid properly and need to be taking the real version of folic acid called folate.

Future treatments may involve the administration of a miniature version of the affected gene, called a microgene, into the body to protect muscles, but is not yet available.

I tend to be suspect of anything that seems to capture the adoration and hearts of the general public (see American Idol, the American version of The Office, Titanic, the Snuggle, and 401K Retirement Plans) but at the same time, I'm just as suspect of so - called expert advice (see Gene Shalit, CNBC, and the Catholic Church).