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gene

noun as in DNA

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She underwent two DNA tests at the University of Washington to see if she had any genes that might have predisposed her.

Wade, he suggested, may channel its efforts toward querying the morality and legality of editing human genes in the womb.

This allows doctors to match each patient’s cancer with drugs that target the specific gene driving it.

They found the mutation on the final gene they checked, which they named the Foxp3 gene.

The company’s gene therapy for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy had a safety issue.