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"modified virus" refers to a virus that has been changed or altered in some way, usually in a laboratory, to have certain desired characteristics or properties.
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«modified»
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Sentences with «modified virus»
- He is renowned for his use of genetically modified viruses to combat malignant disease. (cityofhope.org)
- Instead, they plan to see if they can genetically modify the virus to be safer, but still work as a possible treatment for brain cancer. (newscientist.com)
- Trying to mimic randomly occurring mutations that lie at the heart of all tumors, the Salk researchers used modified viruses to shuttle cancer - causing oncogenes into a handful of cells in adult mice. (salk.edu)
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