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- n (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
genes were formerly called factors
- Genes for mental illness are hard to pinpoint, and a new study suggests that one gene variant that was thought to be associated with depression may not predict risk after all.
- A researcher conducts a gene therapy experiment at an NIH lab The Worth of the Gene So how much is this worth, anyway? That's the billion-dollar question .
- A procedure that replaces faulty genes in the blind might hold cures for all kinds of genetic diseases and for cancer.