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
The final stage of genetic modification instructed the T-cells to go hunting for anything with the CD7 marking on it.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
Vector control experts hope the fact that the sterilization technique doesn’t involve genetic modification will tamp down conspiracy theories that have cropped up around mosquito releases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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
