The raw output of those sequencing machines is a chaotic pile of gene fragments.
It could be a gene that, defective in some way, predisposes a person to disease.
Sleuthing for a Syndrome X gene is in its very early stages, with no successes yet.
In the mid-1990s drug firms touted gene sequencing as the solution to the resistance problem.
Then we looked for any spikes, any differences, in the expression pattern from one gene to another.
Several other approaches for attacking the disease, such as gene therapy, are also under development.
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They plan to activate a gene in the mouse that will selectively eliminate senescent cells.
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For all Genzyme's stability, its gene therapy research might represent a kind of Achilles' heel.
Variations in the between-gene regions have been linked to sickle cell anemia and diabetes.
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So gene hunters made educated guesses of where disease genes were likely to be found.
Chips being used for current disease gene studies have 300, 000 to 500, 000 SNPs on them.
It would have cost billions to do a gene study in just one disease.
Using compressed helium, the gun shoots the microscopic gene-bearing balls into sweet potato leaves.
DeCode is now screening for compounds to target the gene and a key receptor.
One of the first grants was to find the gene that causes the malignancy.
The gene produces a protein that already has reversed diabetes in some lab animals.
Then, in the mid-1990s, he injected the vaccine into mice with tumors containing the mutant gene.
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Three new technologies allowed Lyon to find the gene that was causing the boys to die.
That meant the mutation was almost certainly on a gene on the X chromosome.
Benlysta works by targeting a protein called BLISS that came out of HGS' gene databases.
His initial idea was to use gene databases being churned out by genetics maverick J.
Gene data was supposed to massively increase the odds of success in drug development.
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They also haven't been able to identify a typical gene disorder that may be the source.
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