How to Use transgenic in a Sentence

transgenic

1 of 2 adjective
  • Telling is among a small group of researchers around the country who have created what are called transgenic mice.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
  • The transgenic source of the virus is eventually traced back to a lab in China.
    — Jane Metcalfe, Wired, 5 July 2020
  • The issue of transgenic soy is not on the minds of Nuevo Durango’s farmers.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The brains of the transgenic monkeys — those with the human gene — developed at a slower pace, akin to that of a human, than those in transgene-free monkeys.
    — Teal Burrell, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
  • But transgenic crops like Cushman’s succulent soybeans were not included in those updates.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • His work has contributed to the advancement of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi for malaria prevention.
    — Esther Ngumbi, Wired, 3 Jan. 2020
  • In the three decades since van Montagu’s breakthrough, transgenic crops have been adopted faster than any technology in the history of agriculture.
    — Andrew Curry, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2013
  • The vault doesn’t contain GMOs, though Fowler’s stance on this is not strictly in opposition to transgenic breeding.
    — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Then there are dozens of tests to determine a transgenic crop’s impact on native plants, pollinators and bird life — not to mention the quality control for human consumption.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • But even scientists who see the potential of genetic engineering are uneasy about releasing the transgenic insects because of how hard such trials are to control.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
  • What are popularly referred to as GMOs are properly called transgenic organisms.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Nov. 2020
  • One workaround would be to use the transgenic bacteria as factories for making enzymes that break down antibiotics, and then releasing those enzymes into the environment.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Similar transgenic gain-of-function approaches will help scientists engineer plants for drought or pest resistance, and ultimately feed more people in a warming world.
    — Victor Dirita, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Amdam would love to see transgenic technology developed for free-flying honey bees, allowing real-world experiments on aging.
    — Yao-Hua Law, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The second, more controversial strategy is to slip a resistance gene into the tree’s DNA, to produce a transgenic chestnut.
    — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
  • But controls on transgenic GMOs could someday be loosened as well; Defra has requested public comments on whether reform is needed.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • In their first experiments, the researchers used transgenic animals that only made the protein in acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves.
    — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2019
  • But more complicated traits powered by many genes, such as drought tolerance, will be much more difficult to engineer without transgenic modifications, Napier warns.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • For example, most transgenic mouse models focus on amyloid protein buildup while neglecting other crucial aspects of the disease, such as overall neurodegeneration.
    — Agnès Lacreuse, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022
  • By crossing these transgenic mice with mice engineered to express alterations in Alzheimer’s risk genes, researchers can determine how a gene variant influences different aspects of Alzheimer’s-like pathology.
    — Jason Ulrich, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
  • There was an excellent article written in 2013 about the early history of this pandemic and the concern that growers would be denied any transgenic tools with which to fight HLB.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The Georgia Research Alliance’s support also included $1 million to develop a colony of transgenic rhesus monkeys in China.
    — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Realizing that herbicide tolerance is a key trait for farmers wanting to grow Camelina in a continuous no-till system, Yield10 has a transgenic version with that trait working its way through the regulatory process.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The Chinese institute is building a new facility in Shanghai’s Songjiang district, which will house as many as 6000 nonhuman primates, including many transgenic monkeys.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 27 Jan. 2020
  • But in a counterintuitive study, University of Arizona and Chinese researchers found that resistance to a pesticide in transgenic cotton can be halted by deliberately leaving some plants vulnerable to their global predator, the pink bollworm.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2017

transgenic

2 of 2 noun
  • So why did transgenic mice come under fire during the State of the Union address?
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The result is a faster, cheaper, and more accessible way to produce transgenic plants directly on the parent plant itself.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • With each new iteration of transgenic pig, testing was required to assess the potential for graft survival and best use of immunosuppression.
    — Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
  • The animals are the first transgenic echinoderms, the phylum that includes starfish, sea cucumbers and other marine animals.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • The bill would prohibit the importation, sale, and offer of sale of pets that are transgenic, meaning they are created by implanting a gene from one species into another.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Scientists create transgenic animals by inserting or deleting genes.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Until now, the agency required evaluation only of transgenic crops, containing genes from other organisms.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 1 June 2023
  • This foray into transgenics and the accompanying harsh pesticides made beekeepers nervous.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 12 Apr. 2019
  • While the current transgenic animals represent a massive medical breakthrough, novel iterations will be critical to generate pigs that rival and ultimately surpass outcomes of human organs.
    — Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
  • Officials also reported finding approximately 1,000 transgenic mice used in disease research.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'transgenic.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: