One concern with this therapeutic strategy is the use of genetically engineered viruses, which limits certain aspects of phage therapy.

* bEcon-Economics literature about the impacts of genetically engineered ( GE ) crops in developing economies

The controversy over genetically engineered biological weapons, Journal of Medical Ethics, Volume 35, pp. 429 – 432 ( 2009 ).

The first genetically engineered products were medicines designed to treat human diseases.

The resulting genetically engineered bacterium enabled the production of vast quantities of synthetic human insulin at relatively low cost.

The bacterium Escherichia coli is routinely genetically engineered.

Recently, two children born with severe combined immunodeficiency disorder (" SCID ") were reported to have been cured after being given genetically engineered cells.

Crops have also been genetically engineered to acquire tolerance to broad-spectrum herbicide.

Potatoes, tomatoes, rice tobacco, lettuce, safflowers, and other plants have been genetically engineered to produce insulin and certain vaccines.

Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy features a genetically engineered talking loris that an Ottoman revolutionary names Bovril.

Mothra, a genetically engineered deity created by the Cosmos, then fought a fierce battle with Battra, who eventually lost.

A genetically modified organism ( GMO ) or engineered organism ( GEO ) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.

The article focuses on what organisms have been genetically engineered, and for what purposes.

In agriculture, genetically engineered crops are created to possess several desirable traits, such as resistance to pests, herbicides, or harsh environmental conditions, improved product shelf life, and increased nutritional value.

See the genetically engineered crops article for further discussion of techniques, uses, and controversies.

Cisgenesis, sometimes also called Intragenesis, is a product designation for a category of genetically engineered plants.

In addition, various genetically engineered micro-organisms are routinely used as sources of enzymes for the manufacture of a variety of processed foods.

Genetically modified ( genetically engineered ) animals are becoming more vital to the discovery and development of cures and treatments for many serious diseases.

Scientists have genetically engineered several organisms, including some mammals, to include green fluorescent protein ( GFP ) for medical research purposes ( Chalfie, Shimoura, and Tsien were awarded the Nobel prize in 2008 for GFP ).

In 2011, Chinese scientists generated dairy cows genetically engineered with genes for human beings to produce milk that would be the same as human breast milk.

Goats have been genetically engineered to produce milk with strong spiderweb-like silk proteins in their milk.

The first organisms genetically engineered were bacteria in 1973 and then mice in 1974.

Genetically engineered plants and animals capable of producing biotechnology drugs more cheaply than current methods ( called pharming ) are also being developed, and in 2009 the United States FDA approved the sale of the pharmaceutical protein antithrombin produced in the milk of genetically engineered goats.

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000 created by Games Workshop, Space Marines are genetically modified superhuman soldiers, the elite warriors of the Imperium of Man.

Most members of the warrior caste are genetically engineered from the DNA of the Clans ' greatest warriors.

Notably they were genetically engineered to possess it as their creator believed being unable to feel pain would make them better warriors.

In the decanonized book " Force of Arms " ( book 5 of the series ) by Jack McKinney, Miriya giving birth to Dana is all the more extraordinary because nobody could quite figure out how Max and Miriya had been able to conceive a child since no Zentraedi male-female reproduction had ever been recorded, ( or that Zentraedi females ' biological reproductive apparatus has been genetically preserved, fully developed and functional ; even after 500, 000 years of non-use since the race of Zentraedi warriors was created ?).

The Posleen are a race of genetically engineered reptilian centaurs, supposedly designed by the long lost race-the Aldenata-to be the ultimate warriors.

Though the tribes boast of being the finest warriors humanity has ever produced, they face a genetically modified race that has literally bred itself for battle.

In A Civil Campaign, the possibility of genetically engineered critters which eat native vegetation and produce manure suitable for earth vegetation is welcomed by the viceregents of the newly colonized planet Sergyar.

This home world is a key planet of one of the Commonwealth's member species, the genetically engineered Nietzscheans.

A hostage rescue mission on the planet Graveyard proves to be illusory and that they have actually been lured into a weapons proving ground, in order to pit genetically engineered creatures against them to see how they fare.

In the latter two novels Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln go on to eventually stop Khan Noonien Singh and his fellow genetically engineered humans from taking over the planet.

Another change in this version was Jor-El genetically altering his son's fetus ( gestating in a " birthing matrix ") to allow him to leave Krypton ( in this version of the mythos, Kryptonians were genetically " bonded " to the planet itself, not allowing them to leave ), and merely attaching a warp engine to the matrix instead of constructing a ship wholesale.

In 2006, Moore addressed a Biotechnology Industry Organization conference in Waikiki saying, " There's no getting away from the fact that over 6 billion people wake up each day on this planet with real needs for food, energy and materials ", and need genetically engineered crops to this end.

With travel limited to slower-than-light speeds, any marginally habitable nearby planet was of interest, and Earth's scientists went through a period in which they regularly genetically modified the human genome for survival positive adaptations to marginal environments, such as heavy gravity, thin atmosphere, thick atmospheres, or toxic environments ( e. g. Grayson ).

In Protector, Jack Brennan ( a human turned into a Protector ) commits genocide by exterminating the Martian race (" Aliens were dangerous, or might be, and Pak were not interested in anything but Pak ") and also releases a genetically modified Tree-of-Life virus on the colony world Home, turning everyone middle aged into a Protector ( and killing all other humans on the planet ) in order to create an army of childless Protectors with which to fight the invading Pak fleet.

Hork-Bajir did not evolve naturally: they were genetically engineered by the original dominant race on their planet called the Arn.

In " Redemption ", the group encounters a genetically enhanced killer called Z. E. D., who was left on the planet to dispose of all the humans he finds, who at the time had been criminals.

A small band of genetically enhanced superhumans (" Augments ") escape from their home planet, the first time any of these entities have been encountered since the Eugenics War.

Donovan had largely been accredited for the non-human creations of the Project, referred to as " DNAliens " ( human beings cloned then genetically altered to discover superhuman potential while also giving them a more " alien " appearance ), various normal clones, monsters based on Donovan's favorite horror films ( who lived on a small artificial planet on Earth called Transilvane ).

The planet is inhabited primarily by a humanoid race that is virtually identical ( both genetically and physiologically ) to humans from Earth.

After the last battle with any one of the opponent Houses on their home planet, the Spacing Guild ( Guild of Navigators ) leaves the victorious House stranded on the enemies ' conquered homeworld, attempting to control Arrakis with House Tleilaxu by genetically engineering an Emperor Worm with immense psychic powers empowered by Lady Elara.

In order, the bosses consist of the following: Krunk, a hulking creature who feels that Earth is a copy of his home planet and races to prove which planet is superior ; Nash, a genetically engineered shark-like creature who was created to always move ; Norm, a goblin-like mime who races alongside a larger and more obnoxious version of himself ; and Geary, a robot as much obsessed with perfection as he is with cleaning.

The native sentient species of Arkanar ( planet ) are humans genetically identical to those from Earth.

70 years after the formation of the Protoculture Stellar Republic ( 497, 130 years ago ), a Protoculture Survey Ship landed on Earth and genetically influenced the existing native life to spur the emergence of " mankind ", a sub-Protoculture adapted to the planetary environment of Earth to prepare the planet for future colonization.

Martinex is a member of a genetically engineered offshoot of humanity whose traits were designed for survival under the cold conditions of the planet Pluto.

Kirk, " the Abandoner ," is going to be killed because of what he did, but instead Kirk offers to take all of the supermen and women to Sycorax, a planet populated by genetically altered humans that is mentioned in the sidestory of the first two novels in this series.

Rocket is captain of the starship Rack ' n ' Ruin, and he and his first mate Wal Russ ( a talking walrus ) come from the planet Halfworld, in the Keystone Quadrant, an abandoned colony for the mentally ill where the animal companions were genetically manipulated to grant them human level intelligence and bipedal body construction for many to become caretakers of the inmates.