genetic modification
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The researchers describe the compounds as "molecular prostheses" because they allow the retina to respond to light again without implanted hardware or genetic modification.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The sooner we snap out of our distaste for genetic modification, the better.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Xenotransplantation, often with genetic modification, is viewed by many scientists as a hopeful alternative to bridge that gap, particularly with pig hearts and pig kidneys.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
Attempts to control it have seen crowds wading out into lakes, and genetic modification.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
That fulfills part of our definition of plant domestication, as the genetic modification of an ancestral plant in ways that make it more useful to consumers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
