genetic modification
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“The sooner we snap out of our distaste for genetic modification, the better.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“At Asilomar, we had identified the genetic modification of humans as the biggest coming issue,” Baltimore said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
"We need to be able to move the virus in and out of Bd strains through a genetic modification process called transformation," James said.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
Using mass spectrometry, the technique, named SHIFTR, allows the unbiased and comprehensive mapping of proteins that interact with a specific RNA sequence -- in living cells and without genetic modification.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 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
