But first,Mister Venter said, they had to de-activate a gene in the receiving cell that would have killed the synthetic genome.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Four of the five marmosets born as part of the experiment carried the foreign gene in several kinds of tissue.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

The researchers will continue to study the mice to test whether the gene is related to other medical conditions.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

And scientists are reporting this week on what they call the "indirect costs" of a virus-resistance gene in Cucurbita.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

I'm Bob Doughty. And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week,we will tell about a study involving monkeys and a gene from jellyfish.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

And millions of Americans listened to the boxing match in nineteen twenty-six between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.

VOA: special.2010.12.30

The gene was found in eleven bacterial species, including those that cause cholera and dysentery, a diarrheal disease.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

The researchers found that he and three members of his family had two disease-causing mutations in one gene.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

They found that people with the normal length of the gene were better able to weather life's storms.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

That made it possible to identify the exact gene mutations that caused the diseases in the children.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

His team used a method called transient gene silencing to change the genetic structure of the three mosquito species responsible for spreading malaria.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

This is the first time scientists have successfully passed on a foreign gene to a future generation.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

A competitor of Mars,Hershey's, supported the gene mapping of the Criollo, a far less common cacao tree.

VOA: special.2010.10.19