cell gene

collocation in English

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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk
/dʒiːn/us
/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition ofcellandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Children who are heterozygous for the sicklecellgenehave only one- tenth the risk of death from falciparum as do those who are homozygous for the normal hemoglobin gene.
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To be effective in gene therapy, there must be insertion, alteration and/or removal of host cell genes.
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The bestknown example is probably that of the sicklecellgene.
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Several somaticcellgenetransfer experiments are currently in clinical trials with varied success.
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Individuals with one copy of the sicklecellgene, heterozygotes, have higher resistance to malaria than individuals with no sickle cell genes.
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Clinical trials of somaticcellgenetherapy began in the late 1990s, mostly for the treatment of cancers and blood, liver, and lung disorders.
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A variety of sickle cell disorders result from inheritance of the sicklecellgenein a compound heterozygous manner with other mutant beta globin genes.
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Individuals with two copies of the sicklecellgene, homozygotes, will be affected by sickle cell disease and historically have had lower than average fertility.
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The second type of gene therapy, somaticcellgenetherapy, is analogous to an organ transplant.
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People who inherit one sicklecellgenefrom one parent and one normal gene from the other parent, i.e. heterozygous patients, have a condition called sickle cell trait.
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We simply do not know what consequences, if any, manipulation of even somatic cell genes may have on children of parents who receive such treatment.
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