By altering the bacteria's genes, they were able to transform the bugs into fuel-producing factories.
Without technically altering the definition, shifts in usage can give a word a new connotation.
For the first time it will mean that scientists are altering human genetic inheritance.
Yet altering the structure is the only way in which regulators can influence board behaviour.
But that's almost all a timing gimmick, accelerating tax collections without altering anybody's cumulative tax bill.
Iran is buying time without altering its questionable behaviors over its nuclear and regional policies.
In effect, he is doubling down, altering his strategy in response to altered circumstances.
Access to information, and changing norms around opportunity are altering the landscape of education.
Several I spoke to exuded confidence plus awareness that being here could be a life-altering experience.
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Business is business, and naturally I understand there are times when realities require painful life-altering decisions.
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Meanwhile, a terrestrial disruption is afoot that is fundamentally altering the delivery of TV content.
The tendency of the powerful to disregard advice has numerous and sometimes life-altering consequences.
DJs must fit perfectly, so tailoring or altering will be almost a foregone conclusion.
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Change is easy if we are not the one altering our thinking or our behaviors.
"The thought centers around the release of mood-altering brain chemical, mainly endorphins, " Bryant said.
These can be made to overlap with each other by altering the angles of the beams.
This remedy has been costly, drawn out and life altering, sometimes in debilitating ways.
Many brain drugs, both therapeutic and recreational, work either by mimicking neurotransmitters or altering their activity.
The FOMC signals changes in its outlook by altering the wording in its post-meeting statement.
Having content streamed from the Internet directly to the TV is altering viewing habits.
Jury selection is not the only way in which social media are altering the nation's courts.
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They flourish in a world they deliberately built for themselves, by expertly altering the rules.
Despite Matthews's shot-altering size, going to the hoop remains a focus for the underdog squad.
On the face of it, it seems difficult to justify altering the terms of a trust.
The government should also consider altering the terms of the Bank of Japan's law.
Somewhere a different agenda is subtly infiltrated into the system, altering the process of governing.
That can mean rethinking the market, changing the price, even altering the product itself.
Repealing Medicare cuts will only add to health care reform's costs without altering reform's basic shape.
The mind-altering substances that moralists worried about a decade ago have fallen from favour.
Adding to the tempest around altering traditional teatime treats, United Biscuits slashed the fat from McVitie's Digestives in 2009.
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