Scientists are on the verge of enabling us to attack diseases almost on an individual basis, thanks to molecular and genetic research breakthroughs.
Never mind that numerous professional medical and scientific societies around the world had concluded as early as the 1980s that the new molecular techniques of genetic engineering posed no greater risks to health or environment than other products.
The agency treats genetically engineered products as though they pose some inherent, systematic, unique risks, when theoretical considerations, risk-assessment experiments and practical experience make it clear that they do not: A quarter-century-old scientific consensus holds that the molecular techniques of genetic engineering are an extension, or refinement, of less precise and predictable techniques for genetically improved products with which consumers and government regulators have long familiarity and comfort.
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Clark, Molecular Biology: Understanding the Genetic Revolution, pg. 84-85 (Academic Press, 2005).
Using new genetic techniques such as molecular mapping, they have located a set of genes on one chromosome that appears to control the process in a grass species called Tripsacum.
Training activities in partnership with the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB-Cape Town), the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and other partners are currently being implemented.
In recent experiments carried out by Chiara Conti and other members of Dr Bensimon's team, molecular combing was used to identify a genetic defect responsible for cancer of the kidney, which is notoriously difficult to diagnose in its early (and therefore treatable) stages.
Because it allows precise control of the activation or silencing of genetic traits, Dr Greenland and others are testing their molecular switches on such properties as insect or fungal resistance.
She said her genetic testing suggests she has an intellectual disability, even though she is a molecular biologist with a PhD.
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Only by understanding the subtle genetic variations among hundreds of thousands of people--by sifting out the molecular misnomers that predispose someone to a particular malady--will scientists learn how to better predict, diagnose and ultimately cure difficult diseases like diabetes, schizophrenia and heart failure.
Only by understanding the subtle genetic variations in hundreds of thousands of people--by sifting out the molecular misnomers that predispose someone to a specific malady--will scientists learn how to better predict, diagnose and ultimately cure such difficult diseases as diabetes, schizophrenia and heart failure.
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