11.   It may not be quite that simple, but the gene mutation undoubtedly wipes out much of the healthy fear that underlies the instinct for self-preservation.

12.   Many women feel guilty when they discover that they have a gene mutation and have passed it on to their children.

13.   New research on fruit flies shows that insects with gene mutations that make them less responsive to insulin can live nearly twice as long as their normal relatives.

14.   Ovarian cancer is not the only one in which a heritable gene mutation spells better prognosis.

15.   Researchers have identified a gene mutation that is thought to be at work in some cases linked to family inheritance.

16.   Scientists can then evaluate the cells and any gene mutations.

17.   Similarly, Caucasians are far more likely to carry the gene mutations that cause multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis.

18.   Since the leptin gene discovery, scientists have found a number of other mouse strains with gene mutations affecting their weight and energy balance.

19.   The breast cancer gene mutations are the latest case in point and the fastest growing area of testing.

20.   The Cambridge team has won the race to discover such cases with not one but two such human gene mutations.