Finally, I come to the subject of genetic engineering.

最后，我来谈基因工程。

We can use genetic engineering techniques to isolate the gene that is responsible.

我们可以用遗传工程技术将起作用的基因离析出来。

Scientists have used genetic engineering to protect tomatoes against the effects of freezing.

科学家们已利用基因工程来保护番茄不受严寒的影响。

Genetic engineering also may provide a partial solution, as new strains of drought-resistant crops continue to be developed.

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。

She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering.

根据安排她要作一个关于转基因的演讲。

Important new discoveries in genetic engineering are causing agricultural experts to transvalue traditional farming practices.

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。

No genetic engineering, nothing.

没有遗传工程，什么也没有。

Genetic engineering: full speed ahead.

这下基因工程可以全速前进了。

Genetic engineering could make matters far worse.

基因工程或许会把事情变得更糟。

Genetic engineering of plants greatly excited him.

植物基因工程使他感到无比兴奋。

Genetic engineering might offer one way round this sort of problem.

基因工程也许能够提供一种围绕此问题的实验方法。

But the question remains: How much genetic engineering is feasible?

现在的问题就是：基因工程的改造在什么范围内是合适的？

Genetic engineering can be done with plants, animals, or microorganisms.

基因工程可以作用于植物、动物或微生物。

The genetic engineering technique used in the mice cannot be used in people, he said.

他说用在老鼠身上的基因工程技术不能用在人身上。

Still, the report acknowledges that genetic engineering can come with unwanted side effects.

尽管如此，报告承认基因工程可能带来意想不到的副作用。

Like genetic engineering was in the 1970s, the very idea of geoengineering is controversial.

地球工程的提出重演了上世纪70年代基因工程的一幕，仍是争议不断。

Whether that is enough to overcome many people’s horror of genetic engineering remains to be seen.

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.

这是否足以克服许多人对基因工程恐怖还有待观察。

If genetic engineering is to fulfill its potential, it must be the safest way to meet that lofty goal.

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。

It was all about genetic engineering in the future, where people are bred according to intelligence levels.

都是关于未来遗传工程的，说到时候，要根据不同的智力水平，来决定生什么样的人。

Is genetic engineering acceptable when used to increase yield, reduce weeding or simply improve flavor or nutrition?

当用来增产，减少杂草或者只是为了增加风味和营养时，是不是基因改良作物就可以接受了呢？

Such cross-breeding and genetic engineering efforts hardly represent a new concept for food scientists and agriculturalists.

这些杂交育种及基因工程的努力，对于食品科学家和农业学家来说几乎代表了一个新概念。

The ability to make prosthetic genomes marks a significant advance over traditional genetic engineering of individual genes.

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。

Stem cells, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and therapeutic cloning are being used in the relatively new field of anti-aging medicine.

干细胞、 纳米技术、生物工程和医疗克隆已经应用于抗衰老医学的相关新领域。

Mice remain the number one subjects because so many tools used in research and genetic engineering are built around the mouse, Engber says.

艾恩波尔说，“小家鼠一直是头号试验品的原因就是科学研究和基因工程中的许多工具都是根据小家鼠使用的。”

But the research, published in the journal Nature today, will reignite the debate over genetic engineering and so-called "designer babies".

但是，今天出版的《自然》杂志上发表的这项研究一定会重新引发围绕着基因工程及所谓的“设计婴儿”之类的辩论。

FAO recognizes that genetic engineering has the potential to help increase production and productivity in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

粮农组织认为遗传工程具有帮助提高农业、林业和渔业产量及生产力的潜力。