Genetic in sentence

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Suppose they rejected an 18th-century classification system and incorporated instead the most advanced knowledge of human genetic diversity and unity, that human beings cannot be categorized into biological races?

What if doctors joined the forefront of a movement to end the structural inequities caused by racism, not by genetic difference?

But recently, scientists have identified nine physiological traits, ranging from genetic changes to alterations in a cell's regenerative ability that play a central role.

Firstly, as the years pass, our bodies accumulate genetic damage in the form of DNA lesions.

Even if we could avoid all these harmful genetic alterations, not even our own cells could save us.

Yet, our genetic makeup also plays a part.

If we wanted to use them to spread actual humans throughout the galaxy, we would need yet another technological leap - the ability to artificially grow biological organisms and bodies using raw elements and genetic information.

And I worry that the trend towards personalized and precision medicine, looking for biological or genetic targets to better tailor treatment, may inadvertently cause us to lose sight of the big picture, that it is the daily context, where a person lives, grows, works, loves, that most importantly determines population health, and for too many of us, poor health.

In these cases, genetic differences, like how each organism's cells respond to threats, often account for the discrepancies in longevity.

A female's interests are best served if she fertilizes her eggs with the sperm of the best fathers and creates genetic variability amongst her offspring.

And, like most supervillains these days, their superpowers come from a genetic mutation.

This is just one example of the many genetic tricks in the bag of our supervillain, cancer.

siRNA are short sequences of genetic code that guide a cell to block a certain gene.

We have now disabled those genetic superpowers.

As doctors learn how to test patients and understand certain tumor genetic types, they can help us determine which patients can benefit from this strategy and which gene blockers we can use.

It is a very aggressive cancer, in part because it's discovered at very late stages, when it's highly advanced and there are a number of genetic mutations.

So why would we want to change the genetic makeup of plants for space?

Wilson has termed the age of gene circumvention, during which we remedy our genetic defects like cystic fibrosis or muscular dystrophy with temporary external supplements.

But with every passing day, we approach the age of volitional evolution, a time during which we as a species will have the capacity to decide for ourselves our own genetic destiny.

Using synthetic biology to change the genetic makeup of any living organisms, especially our own, is not without its moral and ethical quandaries.

Diversity is not a bad thing, because even though we think of humans as very diverse, we came so close to extinction that all of us descend from a single African mother and the consequence of that is there's more genetic diversity in 55 African chimpanzees than there are in seven billion humans.

CRISPR allows you to cut and paste genetic information really easily."

Bier said that he and his grad student Valentino Gantz had stumbled on a tool that could not only guarantee that a particular genetic trait would be inherited, but that it would spread incredibly quickly.

And companies like Navigenics and DNA Direct and 23andMe, that are giving you your genetic profiles, are giving some people a sense of, "Gosh, well, what can I do about it?"

But it wasn't until high school, through the Human Genome Project, that I realized I wasn't alone in trying to connect our unique genetic ancestry to our potential health, wellness and illness.

You see, the 2.7 billion-dollar project promised an era of predictive and preventative medicine based on our unique genetic makeup.

So to me it always seemed obvious that in order to achieve this dream, we would need to sequence a diverse cohort of people to obtain the full spectrum of human genetic variation on the planet.

That's why 10 years later, it continues to shock me, knowing that 96 percent of genome studies associating common genetic variation with specific diseases have focused exclusively on individuals of European ancestry.

Now despite this history of distrust, I still believe that indigenous people can benefit from genetic research.

My vision is to make genetic research more native, to indigenize genome sequencing technology.

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