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Preclinical studies have also shown that T cells can be modified to resist agents such as ciclosporin (Brewin et al, 2009), potentially allowing preservation of selected functional responses during periods of post-transplant immunosuppression and emerging technologies are exhibiting remarkable efficacy in targeted gene disruption.

The article says that GM potatoes are modified to resist blight: "the fungus that devastated Ireland's potato crop and caused famine back in the 1840s".

In a variation that Paula Cannon is testing in mice, T cells are modified to resist HIV, denying the virus new targets if resting infected cells become active.

Rather than inserting a gene directly, they removed the immune cells from people and replaced them with versions that had been modified to resist the virus.

For the efficient production of [11C]CO2, the desirable target shape and internal volume were determined by a Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) simulation program, and the target grid was modified to resist the cavity pressure during beam irradiation.

The vertical arms would need to be modified to couple in a range of positions and resist twisting.

Produced by the agricultural corporation Monsanto, dicamba is meant to be sprayed on fields of soybeans that are genetically modified to resist the herbicide (the special soybean seeds are, of course, also a Monsanto product): the crop survives and the weeds die.

RXi's version of siRNAs are also shorter than conventional siRNAs and have been chemically modified to resist the enzymatic wear and tear inside cells.

Proponents, largely in the United States (where GM foods are widely used), argued that the use of crops that have been genetically modified to resist various pests or diseases can significantly increase harvests and decrease dependence on pesticides that are poisonous to human beings.

A 2008 trial by Leeds University, in which potatoes were genetically modified to resist a parasitic worm, provoked anger from local residents and was destroyed by environmentalists.

Bowman is arguing that cheap soybeans he bought from a grain elevator are not covered by the Monsanto patents, even though most of them also were genetically modified to resist the company's Roundup herbicide.