transgene
noun
trans·gene
ˈtran(t)s-ˌjēn 
ˈtranz-
ˈtranz-
: a gene that is taken from the genome of one organism and introduced into the genome of another organism by artificial techniques
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And transgenes are genes scientists have inserted into a cell that weren’t there originally.
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New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2025
The therapy intravenously delivers a transgene that codes for select portions of a protein called dystrophin in healthy muscle cells; the protein is mutated in patients with DMD.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
Future research avenues could explore other cell targets to improve vector targeting or investigate novel methods that transition semi-random integration to more precise integration of transgenes into the host genome.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The team didn’t find mosquitoes carrying the transgenes, foreign to A. aegypti, that Oxitec introduced to kill offspring and to fluorescently label the mosquitoes as GM.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 1 Oct. 2019
Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2015
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New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2025
The therapy intravenously delivers a transgene that codes for select portions of a protein called dystrophin in healthy muscle cells; the protein is mutated in patients with DMD.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
Future research avenues could explore other cell targets to improve vector targeting or investigate novel methods that transition semi-random integration to more precise integration of transgenes into the host genome.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The team didn’t find mosquitoes carrying the transgenes, foreign to A. aegypti, that Oxitec introduced to kill offspring and to fluorescently label the mosquitoes as GM.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 1 Oct. 2019
Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2015
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transgene
noun
trans·gene
ˈtran(t)s-ˌjēn
ˈtranz-
ˈtranz-
: a gene that is taken from the genome of one organism and introduced into the genome of another organism by artificial techniques
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