Organisms that are genetically modified,G.M.O.s, have had their genes changed to improve their characteristics.

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They have nothing to do with the cells that are on your head, the hairs on your head. These are modified neurons.

这些细胞与脑细胞,不是一回事，与头发也没有任何关系而是改良后的神经元。

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European governments have taken stronger action against genetically modified foods than is the case of the American government and there is a very interesting political history to this.

与美国政府相比,欧洲政府,实施了更强硬手段来,限制转基因食品,而这其中包含了有趣的政治历史问题

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We have techniques of recombinant DNA, and those can be used to produce either modified viruses, we'll talk about that.

我们拥有重组DNA技术,它可以用来生产任一种减毒病毒,这个以后会再讲

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