Sentences with phrase «whether other genes»

The researchers identified 24 potential reprogramming factors — proteins that control whether other genes in the cell are turned on or off.

The current work shows that changes in the genetic code of a particular gene can control epigenetic marks at different genes, implying that a gene's genetic code can affect whether other genes are turned on and off, which makes it important to understand the function of all genes involved, not just the one with the so - called misspelling.

Both groups took measurements to see whether other genes were being affected by the zinc - finger drug, and found results that were broadly reassuring.

The researchers plan to investigate what percentage of individuals individuals with intellectual disability and autism may carry CC2D1A mutations and to determine whether other genes affect neurons in a similar fashion.

Not exact matches

Before this can happen though, Teixeira said that his team will first have to determine whether the Stk11 gene or the other genes and proteins it controls are similarly affected in the human form of BPH.

The researchers are now investigating whether the guide RNA turns on each of these genes individually or whether it activates one or more regulatory genes that then turn the others on.

Nearly two dozen of the altered genes are present in both the hippocampus and the blood, which presents the possibility that scientists could develop a gene - based blood test to determine whether a brain injury has occurred, and that measuring some of those genes could help doctors predict whether a person is likely to develop Alzheimer's or other disorders.

Whether or not a gay gene, a set of gay genes, or some other biological mechanism is ever found, one thing is clear: The environment a child grows up in has nothing to do with what makes most gay men gay.

What unites the sociologists, physicists, biologists, and other scientists studying networks is the recognition that «whether they're networks of people, computers, genes, [or] neurons, they often obey similar mathematical rules and have similar properties,» says Nicholas Christakis, a professor of sociology and of medical sociology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

The researchers now are studying some of the master genes to determine whether modifying them also causes changes in large numbers of other genes.

Other directions for future research, Liu said, include looking at the role of CLOCK in more forms of the disease, learning more about exactly how CLOCK affects neural circuits to disrupt adequate inhibition of excitatory neurons, and examining whether any of the genes that CLOCK regulates are especially important in the disorder.

Prof. Khatri and his team studied the way the immune system responds to infection by looking at gene expression — which genes are active and which are not — and whether there are differences in patients with malaria compared to other infectious diseases.

They argue that anyone whose genome is sequenced for any medical reason should automatically learn whether 57 of their genes put them at risk of certain cancers, potentially fatal heart conditions, and other serious health problems.

Under the new recommendations, the parents would learn not only if their child's heart condition is due to a particular gene mutation — they'd also learn whether she is at high risk of certain breast cancers, colon cancers, cardiomyopathies, aneurysms, and other diseases.

Ressler then wanted to see whether Oprl1 could be linked to PTSD in humans, so looked at the gene's sequence in approximately 1,800 highly traumatized civilians, some of whom had PTSD and others who did not.

Whether the offspring gets the vanilla version of a gene from a mother and the chocolate version from the father or the other way around, the trait coded for by the pair of genes will look the same.

There are two other genes, on different chromosomes, that code for different forms of the enzyme, and the team is now investigating whether mutations in these genes might be responsible for the other cases of ALS.

But many genes could have a moderate impact on whether a person gets diabetes, and many others could have a minor impact.

Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.

Such high levels of genetic variation poise mosquito populations to rapidly evolve in response to our efforts to control them whether that be with insecticides or any other control measure, including gene drive.»

He's eager to know whether this same set of genes is involved in social responsiveness of other animals.

«We want to know whether this fragmentation is resulting in reduced gene flow or inbreeding or other things that might be detrimental to the animals.

Much more research is needed on how gene drive would work under different environmental conditions or whether the selected genes would spread to other species or change in some way over time.

Whether it's a gene mutation, corrosives or hard labor that eliminates ridges, crease and other patterns are just as usable, according to Langenburg.

To confirm whether this new enzyme performed the same role as the other xanthophyll enzymes, the researchers inserted the CVDE gene into mutant forms of algae and plants that do not produce zeaxanthin.

Researchers will also want to find out whether bacterial integrons of other species can also pick up genes besides those for antibiotic resistance.

FosB is a transcription factor in the brain which, together with other molecules, is involved in so - called signal transduction (transmission of stimuli to the cells), that is to say conveys genetic information between the cells and also determines whether certain genes are activated or not.

Before now, researchers wanting to find out whether disease genes could be targeted with drugs had to search piecemeal through scientific literature, clinical trials databases or other sources of information, some of which were not publicly available or easily searchable.

Surprisingly, these conserved gene sets were also associated with several other biological traits, which evolved multiple times in ants, such as number of queens in a colony, whether an ant species is invasive or not, and the degree of worker sterility.

But because some of the genes could indicate pathogenic characteristics — such as resistance to antibiotics — the researchers want to learn more about the potential health implications, and whether other buildings house similar biofilms.

Are there tests that pick up whether a person has other fitness - related genes?

But because many other diseases, from Alzheimer's to multiple sclerosis, also involve myelin gene changes, it's still not clear whether these changes are central to the disease.

Of these, a high proportion are so - called command - and - control genes that help bacteria decide whether to form colonies or to continue seeking better shelter, possibly making Pseudomonas «smarter» than other bacteria.

He and others have recently used gene - editing tools to correct mutations in human iPS cells but haven't used the same combination of methods or done the same set of experiments to determine whether the iPS - derived cells are safe.

The second question asked by protesters is whether genetically modified AcNPV will swap genes with other wild viruses, creating new strains that might kill other species.

The Arizona researchers studied whether cage conditions affect mice with one copy of a gene called fibulin - 4, a member of a family of genes believed to code for proteins that stabilize the connective tissue found between cells in arteries and other blood vessels.

To determine whether the reactivation of methylation - silenced genes by EGCG is a general phenomenon that also occurs in other cell lines, we studied the effects of EGCG treatment on the methylation status and mRNA levels of p16INK4a or RARβ in three other human cancer cell lines (Fig. 3C) ⇓.

Based on data from Robinson and other people who had similar experiences, Newell has been able to identify a pattern of genes turned on in their immune cells that may predict whether someone could be able to become «tolerant.»

Rather, how genes are controlled may help determine whether we have hair or fur or other distinct characteristics.

Some of the genetic factors that are being researched right now are multiple genes contributing to the disease (there are about a dozen genes that are leading candidates), and the possibility of epigenetic interactions (that is, certain genes and other biological molecules that determine whether and when certain genes present in the body are turned on or off) that may contribute to schizophrenia.

This happens by epigenetic silencing of the other copy, where specific marks on the DNA carry a memory of whether a gene sitting on a copy of a chromosome came from the sperm or the egg.

The next step, said Driscoll, is to test other domestic species, and see whether the same three genes may contribute to tame temperaments in everything from cats to goats.

However, it is unclear whether this enhanced interaction selectively facilitates transcription of specific p53 target genes, including sestrins, or whether p53 serine18 phosphorylation also regulates specific target genes by altering interactions of p53 with other coactivators such as chromatin modifying enzymes.

Then came the real test, determining whether the recessive yellow gene drove out dominant genes for other colors.

He and Setton were probing for the genes that dictate their formation, exploring whether they are, like other recycled parts, modified legs.

They found that, whether in cultured cardiomyocytes or the cardiac and skeletal muscles of live B6129SF2 mice, the BCAAem not only promotes mitochondrial biogenesis but boosts the expression of a host of other potentially life span - extending factors, including proteins in the ROS defense system and SIRT1, the mouse equivalent of the yeast longevity gene SIR2.

Further, whether they do develop the disease or not may depend on their lifestyle or other genes.

HDACs are a family of enzymes which, amongst other things, influence access to DNA and are involved in whether specific genes, such as tumor suppressing genes, are expressed or not.

The focus of the conference was connecting how epigenetics (cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variations that are caused by external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells read genes instead of being caused by changes in the DNA sequence — in other words nutrition and lifestyle choices) impact whether or not an individual actually develops a specific health issue even though they have a SNP mutation.

The tests will detect whether the patient has any of the 26 genes that indicate they have a greater risk for developing breast, colon, ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers