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An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene.
… An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. … Allele, Gene, Homozygous, Autosomal, Mutation, Inherit, Heterozygous, … An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. …
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NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… a program to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene. The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells … aims to systematically investigate the function of each gene through multiple phases that will each build upon the …
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NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin.
… Newly discovered gene helps some yeast endure toxins and can help scientists … this analysis, the researchers determined that the KTD1 gene provides resistance to the K28 toxin. “This gene has never been studied before,” said Sadhu. “Identifying … National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast — the kind commonly used for home …
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A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… a leading role in sequencing the canine genome. The gene, known as BRAF , directs cells to make a protein that …
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the first two genes found to be associated with inherited forms of breast cancer.
… forms of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. People with mutations in either BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a much higher risk … ovarian or other types of cancer than those without mutations in the genes. Both BRCA1 and BRCA2 normally act as …
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Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung … identify a greater number of patients with treatable mutations because many potent cancer drugs that target these mutations already exist. … initial scan of tumor samples, researchers identified gene mutations that would increase RTK/RAS/RAF pathway …
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Researchers identified 13 gene regions that influence cholesterol levels, some of which affected people differently if they are smokers or former smokers.
… researchers and their collaborators identified 13 new gene regions that influence cholesterol levels, some of which … smoking affected the relationship between an individual's gene variants and their lipids. Lipids consist of low-density … African ancestry. This enabled researchers to find new gene regions associated with lipids that could not be found …
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Researchers at the NHGRI's Undiagnosed Disease Program have developed a new toolset for finding potential disease-causing gene variants in undiagnosed patients.
… powerful new toolset for finding potential disease-causing gene variants in undiagnosed patients. The work is … using a menu of techniques to detect potentially harmful gene variants. Researchers found, on average, 6.6 faulty … then investigated which of these potentially bad gene variants contributed to the patients' undiagnosed …
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A pseudogene is a DNA sequence that resembles a gene but has been mutated into an inactive form over the course of evolution.
… A pseudogene is a DNA sequence that resembles a gene but has been mutated into an inactive form over the … Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Gene, Evolution, Mutation … is a segment of DNA that structurally resembles a gene but is not capable of coding for a protein. Pseudogenes …
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It’s teatime and doctors, researchers and patients are at the table. They celebrate a decade of work and launch the first in-human gene therapy trial for children with a rare and devastating disease, GM1 gangliosidosis.
… celebrate a decade of work and launch the first in-human gene therapy trial for children with a rare and devastating … disease. Jojo was about to receive the first experimental gene therapy treatment for the rare disease, GM1 gangliosidosis. A faulty gene halts a critical process Dr. Tifft, a geneticist at the …