41.   Others in the scientific community are skeptical, saying identifying genes is one thing, but fixing them is another.

42.   Once these genes are identified, it may be possible to devise drugs that make them more active.

43.   Researchers at the American Society of Clinical Oncology said today they are within a year of identifying a gene that increases the risk of prostate cancer.

44.   Scientists are only now beginning to identify the genes that determine what parts grow where in a flower.

45.   Researchers from the university and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute identified the gene and continue to do independent research that Amgen can access under the agreement.

46.   Scientists at the University of Texas say they have identified four genes that can halt the now incurable, potentially fatal disease.

47.   Scientists have identified two genes connected with the ALS, which came to public attention when the baseball player Lou Gehrig contracted it.

48.   Sidransky has worked with Dr. Bert Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins in pioneering research that has identified defective genes that lead to colon and bladder cancer.

49.   So far, Narayanan has identified one gene specific to colon cancer and another tied to only colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers.

50.   Someone will use this enzyme to identify that gene, while someone else uses a different chemical, leading to potential conflicts over primacy of discovery.