Asked by bee

By studying human genes, scientists hope to learn more about how to prevent and cure hereditary diseases.

Which word or group of words is the simple subject?


scientists


human genes


hereditary diseases


genes

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"scientists"

Explanation: In the main clause "scientists hope to learn...", the noun doing the action (hoping) is "scientists." The phrase "By studying human genes" is an introductory participial/prepositional phrase, and "hereditary diseases" is the object of "prevent and cure."