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  1. Genes and Gene Therapy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Genes are the building blocks of inheritance. Passed from parent to child, they contain instructions for making proteins. If genes don't produce the right proteins or don' ...
  2. A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA. Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called proteins. ...
  3. A gene variant is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. This type of genetic change used to be known as a gene mutation, but because changes in DNA do not ...
  4. A gene patent is the exclusive rights to a specific sequence of DNA (a gene) given by a government to the individual, organization, ... corporation who claims to have first identified the gene. Once granted a gene patent, the holder of ...
  5. Most genes contain the information needed to make functional molecules called proteins. (A few genes produce regulatory molecules that help the cell assemble ...
  6. ... or turns on, only a fraction of its genes at any given time. The rest of the genes are repressed, or turned off. The process of turning genes on and off is known as gene regulation. ...
  7. The first gene therapy trial was run more than thirty years ago. The earliest studies showed that gene therapy could have very serious health risks, such ...
  8. What is gene therapy? How does gene therapy work? Is gene therapy safe? What are the ethical issues surrounding gene therapy? Is gene therapy available to treat my disorder? ...
  9. Gene therapy is currently available primarily in a research setting. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only a small number of gene therapy products for sale in the United States. ...
  10. ... proteins and what do they do? How do genes direct the production of proteins? Can genes be turned on and off in cells? What is epigenetics? How do cells divide? How do genes control the growth and division of cells? How ...
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