What does "combining" mean here?

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That's why Josef Penninger sees this powerful technology as a revolution in biomedicine. "We've now succeeded in combining the genetics of yeast, which has a single chromosome set that allows instant gene mutation, with stem cell biology," he says. "For decades researchers have been looking for a system in mammals which would allow scientists to reconstruct millions of gene mutations simultaneously. We have solved the puzzle and even broke a paradigm in biology -- we managed to make stable mouse stem cells with a single set of chromosomes and developed novel tools to use such stem cells to rapidly check virtually all genes at the same time for a specific function."

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@oristarA,

What does your dictionary say?

combine (with), verb:

to put together, to mix, to add to, to unify..I can't think of a perfect synonym.

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

What does your dictionary say?

combine (with), verb:

to put together, to mix, to add to, to unify..I can't think of a perfect synonym.

Of course I knew that before posting.

So the problem of understanding is caused by the definition of genetics, which should mean "the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism" there.

Am I on the right track?
Thank you.

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@oristarA,

What Penninger apparently means here is that in the new research being done, these two things -- the genetics of yeast and stem cell biology -- are being used in combination to achieve the desired results.

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@Lustig Andrei,

Lustig Andrei wrote:

What Penninger apparently means here is that in the new research being done, these two things -- the genetics of yeast and stem cell biology -- are being used in combination to achieve the desired results.

Wow. The long interval caused so funny a misunderstangding. Very Happy

Thanks a lot.

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@oristarA,

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Of course I knew that before posting.

So the problem of understanding is caused by the definition of genetics, which should mean "the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism" there.

Am I on the right track?
Thank you.

You didn't ask about "genetics". You asked about "combining".

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

Quote:
Of course I knew that before posting.

So the problem of understanding is caused by the definition of genetics, which should mean "the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism" there.

Am I on the right track?
Thank you.

You didn't ask about "genetics". You asked about "combining".

Yeah. I took "genetics" as " the science of heredity in biology" for granted. Thus "combining science" appears mysterious, which led to the posting Very Happy

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