altering

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The RNA-exon editors are capable of altering parts of genetic code to repair genetic instructions that cause disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Researchers also caution that altering powerful brain signaling pathways could have unintended consequences.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Changes in the ocean, including some caused by human-driven climate change, "could be altering migration corridors in ways we don't yet fully understand", Castro said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Joel Bodmer, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As Muller thought about the future of eugenics and the possibility of altering human genomes, he wondered whether Galton and his collaborators had made a fundamental conceptual error.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee