最后，我来谈基因工程。
科学家们已利用基因工程来保护番茄不受严寒的影响。
Scientists have used genetic engineering to protect tomatoes against the effects of freezing.
随着抗旱作物新品种的不断开发，基因工程也可能提供部分解决方案。
Genetic engineering also may provide a partial solution, as new strains of drought-resistant crops continue to be developed.
其中一个项目涉及通过基因工程使烟草植物在缺水时保持叶子的生长。
One project involves tobacco plants genetically engineered to keep their leaves during water shortages.
这个案件给了法院一个机会来控制专利的使用，以保护基因工程作物和其他的生命形式。
This case gives the court an opportunity to rein in the growing use of patents to protect genetically engineered crops and other life forms.
基因工程领域的重要新发现正促使农业专家对传统的耕作方式进行估价。
Important new discoveries in genetic engineering are causing agricultural experts to transvalue traditional farming practices.
基因工程或许会把事情变得更糟。
植物基因工程使他感到无比兴奋。
这下基因工程可以全速前进了。
基因工程可以作用于植物、动物或微生物。
Genetic engineering can be done with plants, animals, or microorganisms.
绘制生命的地图：深入人类基因工程内部。
Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project. By Victor McElheny.
韦斯特伦将此数据库称之为“音乐基因工程”。
Westergren calls this database the Music Genome Project. (See the world's most influential people in the 2010 TIME 100.)
这就是MAGE——多元自动化基因工程的缩写。
This is MAGE, a somewhat contrived acronym for multiplex automated genome engineering.
基因工程也许能够提供一种围绕此问题的实验方法。
Genetic engineering might offer one way round this sort of problem.
这是否足以克服许多人对基因工程恐怖还有待观察。
Whether that is enough to overcome many people's horror of genetic engineering remains to be seen.
而真正的基因工程应当包括更多更彻底的全新设计。
尽管如此，报告承认基因工程可能带来意想不到的副作用。
Still, the report acknowledges that genetic engineering can come with unwanted side effects.
现在的问题就是：基因工程的改造在什么范围内是合适的？
But the question remains: How much genetic engineering is feasible?
但是，许多人是否能完全克服对基因工程的恐惧仍然值得关注。
Whether that is enough to overcome many people’s horror of genetic engineering remains to be seen.
科学家们开始让基因工程小鼠的衰老细胞中有一个特定的分子。
The scientists started by genetically engineering mice to have a specific molecule in their senescent cells.
当老鼠通过基因工程达到了这种变化，它们就不愿意睡觉了。
When mice were genetically engineered to have the mutation, they too struggled to sleep.
而AIDSVAX包含一种艾滋病病毒表层的基因工程蛋白。
AIDSVAX contains a genetically engineered version of a protein on the surface of HIV.
“音乐基因工程”的目的是预测以后你会喜欢的什么样的歌曲。
The purpose of the music Genome Project is to make predictions about what kind of music you're going to like next.
如果基因工程能够发挥潜力，它一定会成为完成这一伟大目标最安全的方法。
If genetic engineering is to fulfill its potential, it must be the safest way to meet that lofty goal.
具有制作假体基因的能力，标志着个体基因工程在传统的基础上有了重要的进步。
The ability to make prosthetic genomes marks a significant advance over traditional genetic engineering of individual genes.
LS 9已经对大肠杆菌进行基因工程改造，以优化其将糖类转化成燃料的过程。
LS9 has been genetically engineering E. coli to optimize the process by which the bacteria converts sugar into fuel.
(也称基因工程、分子生物学技术或克隆)纯化、处理和使用遗传材料的技术总和。
(Also known as genetic engineering, molecular biology technology or cloning.) the collection of techniques that allow the purification, manipulation and use of genetic material.
基因工程啮齿类动物表现出遗传上的缺陷，并且能够模拟人类疾病的行为。
The engineered rodents display genetic impairments and behavior that mirror those of some humans with the disorder.
基于这一原因，需要谨慎考虑单纯的把热量反射到太空的基因工程的做法。
For this reason, approaches to geo-engineering that merely reflect heat back into space need to be viewed cautiously.
他们中大多都利用基因工程或者其它的生物技术，例如化学诱变，来改善藻类的功能。
And many of them are using genetic engineering or other biological techniques, like chemically induced mutations, to improve how algae functions.
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