Sentence examples for cheek cells from inspiring English sources

The collected human cheek cells would then be mined for DNA strands.

Genetic testing companies encourage the use of cheek cells whenever possible, but that does not stop customers from dispatching DNA in a multitude of forms.

Just as microscopic mites live on our cheek cells and eyelashes, so our genomes may carry a plethora of nucleic squatters.

The cheek cells are sent to a laboratory before being added to the central register, managed by PooPrints UK.

Inside were a couple of emery boards which I used to scrape away at my cheek cells (not painful) before zipping them up into a bag and sending them off to Iceland.

Mary, a freelance camera assistant in Brooklyn, for instance, sent a swab of her cheek cells to DNA Direct to find out if her extreme fatigue was caused by hemochromatosis, a genetic condition in which the body retains too much iron.

It could teach us about the reprogramming that is involved in nuclear transfer so that, one day, we could bypass the embryo stage entirely and, say, take a cheek cell from Mr Jones who has Parkinson's disease and turn it into neurons that will cure him.

Cheek cell fatty acid levels were recorded pre- and post-supplementation and a range of cognitive tests and parent and teacher questionnaires were used as outcome measures.

The researchers collected cheek cell DNA samples from 484 volunteers, who also filled in standard questionnaires to determine how much of a night owl or early bird they are.

Cheek cell epithelium offers an attractive noninvasive option especially in interventional studies that requires repeated sampling.

McMurchie et al. reported measurement of cheek cell phospholipid fatty acid profile in subjects with different dietary fat intake and reported that the differences in dietary fat intake were closely reflected in the cheek cell phospholipids fatty acid profile [ 17].