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These are all far from the absolute ban on copying that patents provide, and would solve the problem facing researchers who must isolate a patented gene sequence in order to study it.
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One worry is that people who order online gene tests could get misleading information.
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So he took me under his wing, and I know for a fact from other actors who were higher up on the pecking order that Gene was convinced that he would work out.
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Instead, Celera's business plan involves selling access to the technologies it has developed in order to use the gene sequence.
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In order to ensure that this gene expression is properly regulated, the researchers also introduced a different molecule into the yeast.
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The method requires a series of advanced laboratory procedures, microarray chips and a high-speed gene-sequencing machine to assemble the strands in the proper order, correct any errors and then read the final text.
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And in order to have any biological activity, if the gene fragment is somehow turned into a protein it would have to get into our own cells, and it does not have the capability to do that.
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As well as identifying the lupus genes, the study will also attempt to recognise gene patterns that could cause more serious forms of the disease in order to monitor who could have acute problems in the future.
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In order to operate, our cells constantly switch protein production on and off through specific gene functions.
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Gene therapy, a set of medical technologies that plant new genes in a person's cells in order to produce missing proteins, might be used both to save lives and to ramp up athletic performance.
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