genetically modified

British  

adjective

1.  GM.  denoting or derived from an organism whose DNA has been altered for the purpose of improvement or correction of defects: genetically modified food

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Other Word Forms

• genetic modification noun

Example Sentences

They require immune cells to be collected from a patient's blood, grown in a lab, and genetically modified before being returned to the body.

From Science Daily

“A mouse genetically modified with a hard exoskeleton that it can shed and leave anywhere!”

From Literature

To confirm the importance of this pathway, the researchers tested a genetically modified strain of E. faecalis that lacked the EET pathway.

From Science Daily

Another wave of change hit shelves beginning around 2010 as more consumers started to hunt for organic foods and those free from allergens, gluten and genetically modified organisms, according to Mintel’s Dornblaser.

From The Wall Street Journal

BBC News was present on 2 January when Oscar received the first of two infusions of his own immune cells, which had been genetically modified to recognise and target his cancer.

From BBC