Sentence examples for using a virus to from inspiring English sources
US researcher Eric Poeschla has produced three glowing GM cats by using a virus to carry a gene, called green fluorescent protein (GFP), into the eggs from which the animals eventually grew.
"I am sometimes told: 'what are you doing using a virus to make a battery?
The first step, using a virus to gain entry, is to infect a specific group of brain cells with a protein that makes them sensitive to light.
Instead of using a virus to deliver the reprogramming genes, the researchers used a small circular piece of bacterial DNA which can replicate in the cytoplasm.
Dr Hayley Frend, science information manager at Cancer Research UK, said: "Using a virus to both kill cancer cells and nudge the immune system into attacking them is exciting.
Last year the laboratory published a paper in the journal Science that described using a virus to synthesize nanowires of cobalt oxide at room temperature to improve the capacity of thin, flexible lithium ion batteries.
Ariad uses a virus to carry the genes into muscles.
Most gene therapy techniques use a virus to carry new genes into a cell but cannot direct the virus to insert genes at a specific site.
Robert MacLaren of Oxford University used a virus to deliver working versions of the REP1 gene to the most light-sensitive part of the retina.
Facebook has taken steps to help protesters in Tunisia after government officials used a virus to obtain local Facebook passwords this year.
They could use a virus to turn the machines into "bots" to do their bidding.
