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📝 To change text ✏️ A correction 🧬 To change DNA
to edit

to edit

3 5.8
To change a living thing's DNA to add or remove genes
  • verb
  • /ˈɛdɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : editar
  • However, the technique has already been modified to edit multiple genes simultaneously.
  • edit a gene

We, we can edit and hack human DNA.

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Examples

  • So let's say for example, as some people think will be the case shortly, you could edit yourself genetically.

  • Scientists can compare the function of cells before and after a gene has been edited.

    Academic text (2015)

  • It's quite another matter to edit genes in the cells of a living animal or human.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In the early part of the 21st century, scientists first discovered a way to map, then edit, the human genome.

    Allegiant (2016)

  • For example, recently the technique was used to edit a gene in a mouse's liver.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In April of 2015, researchers in China reported that they had successfully genetically edited human embryos.

    Academic text (2017)

  • A panel of distinguished scientists recently urged the world's scientific community to refrain from attempting to edit genes in human eggs or sperm until more is known about whether there may be potentially harmful results.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Researchers are now able to edit specific genes in plants to enhance their growth and resistance to diseases.

  • Using advanced techniques, scientists can edit the DNA of laboratory animals to study genetic disorders.

  • Many believe that the ability to edit human DNA could lead to breakthroughs in curing genetic diseases.

Antonyms

to preserve
496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

to leave behind
20 2.1

To not take or change something so it stays where it is

Phrasal Verbs

to edit out
11 3.2

Remove part of a film, recording, or text before release

How Modified

to edit
  • Specialized
3 5.8
to alter
493 2.5
to modify
268 3.2
to change
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

edit infinitive
edited past
edited past participle
editing present participle
edits third person singular

Etymology

Edit in genetics borrows the idea of changing a text: think of DNA as a 'text' and genes as 'letters' that can be changed. Because edit shares its root with editor and edition, to edit genes means to make a deliberate change in the genetic 'text'.