11.   But to many researchers, inserting genes to alter the traits of plants is a new technique in a very old craft, one dating back millenniums.

12.   Companies conducting gene therapy trials are thus required to monitor where in the body the new genes are inserted.

13.   Company researchers inserted foreign genes into a soybean plant, including one from a petunia, rendering soybeans resistant to the Roundup herbicide.

14.   CropTech, a Blacksburg company, inserts genes that allow the plants to make the same kind of proteins produced by the human body.

15.   Doctors in France reported that they inserted new genes into cells of three babies with a rare genetic disease that prevents them from growing immune systems.

16.   For example, scientists created the pesticide-producing corn by inserting a gene from a bacterium.

17.   Genzyme Transgenics is one of three companies that genetically engineer farm animals by inserting human genes into fertilized eggs that are implanted in the wombs of host animals.

18.   Gene therapy works by inserting desired genes into harmless viruses, then allowing the viruses to infect and spread the genes in patients.

19.   He has been unable to get permission from Monsanto to use a patented technique for inserting genes into the beans.

20.   His strategy is to develop ways of inserting genes into as many different tissues as possible.