11.   Five years after the first human being received gene therapy to correct an inherited disease, the results are in.

12.   He was born with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that cripples the lungs.

13.   In the case of an inherited disease such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, the first crusading prion is made inside the body.

14.   In the long run, Hoots said, the discovery might assist in the development of gene therapy, an experimental method of treating inherited diseases.

15.   It tests for chromosome abnormalities, including Down syndrome, and inherited diseases such as Tay-Sachs and cystic fibrosis.

16.   It is also important to remember that choosing between embryos to cut out an inherited disease is already a well-established practice in Britain and elsewhere.

17.   London has retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative disease that gradually eats away peripheral vision and ultimately will rob him of all sight.

18.   London has an inherited degenerative disease that gradually will rob him of all sight.

19.   Many inherited diseases are caused by a faulty gene, which makes the body unable to produce some essential protein or enzyme.

20.   Milunsky maintains a bank of DNA of people with rare inherited diseases, for which the gene or genes responsible have not yet been found.