He chose genetic engineering to be his lifelong career. 他选择了遗传工程学作为终生的事业。
Genetic engineering will have revolutionaryconsequences for mankind. 遗传工程将对人类产生深远的影响.
A genetic map. 基因图谱
genetic
[ adj ]
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
<adj.pert> genic combinations genetic code
pertaining to or referring to origin
<adj.pert> genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work
of or relating to the science of genetics
<adj.pert> genetic research
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
<adj.all> an inherited disease familial traits genetically transmitted features
Genetic \Ge*net"ic\ (j[-e]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a. 1. Same as {Genetical}.
2. Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic code. [PJC]
Most dwarfism is genetic, but it usually does not strike all members of a family, and it can be caused by more than 100 disorders, Ott said.
Various biological and genetic techniques apply across the fields of pharmaceuticals, seeds and agrochemicals.
"This is a small but crucial step to treating a whole array of genetic diseases," said Dr. R. Michael Blaese, another cancer institute researcher on the project.
If the preliminary finding of fetal cells in mother's bloodstreams is confirmed, it should be possible to do the same kind of genetic tests on those fetal cells as are now done on fetal tissue samples obtained through amniocentesis.
Future developments might produce a binding substance that clings to abnormal genetic material associated with an overactive BCL2 rather than the messenger, he said.
Two years ago, author Joseph Wambaugh was intrigued by newspaper accounts about how the murderer of two teen-age girls in England was discovered through a new process of identification called genetic fingerprinting.
Black Americans suffer six times more tuberculosis than whites do, and one important reason appears to be a genetic susceptibility to the disease, according to a study today.
Rifkin said that once the genetic code, or genome, is known there is a possibility that this will be used by employers, insurance companies and others to discriminate against people whose genetic make up includes potential disease-causing defects.
Rifkin said that once the genetic code, or genome, is known there is a possibility that this will be used by employers, insurance companies and others to discriminate against people whose genetic make up includes potential disease-causing defects.
The viral genes become part of the cell's genetic machinery and pervert the cell into making new viruses, often killing the cell in the process.
A Pennsylvania couple who want genetic testing of a girl they believe is their daughter will get a chance to present their case to a judge on Nov. 4.
After altering the genetic material's antibodies with a copper ion, they exposed the new product to fluorescein.
The government originally wanted the only exceptions to be voting on fundamental liberties and issues of conscience, such as abortion and genetic experimentation.
What's happening in Germany is the drug industry's worst nightmare of how the global debate over genetic engineering might go.
He said Immuno used mammal cells to produce the protein through genetic engineering.
"This seemed to suggest there could be a simple genetic basis for airway hyper-reactivity, asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease," Levitt said.
As a result of the discoveries, scientists now have genetic probes that will home in on the precise defect on the X chromosome, Dr. Sutherland said.
Similarly, Vogelstein said he has found two specific genetic variations in at least 75 percent of people with colon cancer.
The particular gene isn't commercially significant, but the technique suggests that other genetic changes could be made in cotton plants.
The girl needed the transplant because of hypocholesteremia, a rare genetic disorder that prevented her body from processing cholesterol.
They include human evolutionary history; the development of language, agriculture and urbanisation; the effects of disease; the question of race; the promise and danger of genetic engineering; and the genetic prospects for humanity's future.
They include human evolutionary history; the development of language, agriculture and urbanisation; the effects of disease; the question of race; the promise and danger of genetic engineering; and the genetic prospects for humanity's future.
The study's authors did not link genetic engineering with the deaths.
Dotson's attorney, Thomas Breen, contends Dotson deserves a "full and complete pardon" after the most recent test, a kind of genetic fingerprinting performed by a California firm, exonerated Dotson.
Though there are different types of alcoholics, Dogoloff said most medical researchers now accept that about 10 percent of Americans have the "genetic vulnerability" to become helplessly addicted to alcohol.
McFarlin said that the new study has shown that patients who have an abnormal combination of T-cell genes plus an elevated level of DR2 antigen are three times as likely to develop MS as healthy people without these genetic characteristics.
Traditional prenatal screening takes cells from the placenta in the first 8-10 weeks of pregnancy, and if genetic defects are detected a women can opt for an abortion.
"This is terribly important not just to establishing the genetic patterns of the disease, but to find out the biological mechanisms," said Hugh Hendrie, chairman of the department of psychiatry at the school.
Supplies of many are now sufficient to offer for sale in a 1990 catalog, which says, "We invite you to join us in maintaining these crops." The genetic erosion in Southwest crops began around 1920, with the emergence of mechaniclal irrigation methods.
But they added that its future depends on further breakthroughs and on society's attitude toward genetic engineering.