The Hindu Editorial (Scissoring the DNA) – Oct 09, 2020

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1. scissor (verb) – cut.
2. potential (noun) – possibility, potentiality, prospect.
3. gene editing (noun) – genome editing; a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals. Editing DNA can lead to changes in physical traits and disease risk. These technologies act like scissors, cutting the DNA at a specific spot. Then scientists can remove, add, or replace the DNA where it was cut.
4. pioneer (verb) – develop, introduce, start/begin.
5. Crispr-Cas9 (noun) – a genome editing tool (genetic scissor). CRISPR-Cas9 is a system used by bacterial cells to recognise and destroy viral DNA as a form of adaptive immunity. Using components of the CRISPR system, researchers can remove, add or alter specific DNA sequences in the genome of higher organisms.
6. Crispr revolution (noun) – a genome editing revolution; CRISPR (clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats).
7. speculation (noun) – prediction, guesswork, conjecture, supposition.
8. immune system (noun) – the immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs. Together they help the body fight infections and other diseases.
9. CRISPR-Cas immune system (noun) – The system, called CRISPR-Cas, provide sequence-specific adaptive immunity and fundamentally affect our understanding of virus–host interaction. CRISPR-based immunity acts by integrating short virus sequences in the cell’s CRISPR locus, allowing the cell to remember, recognize and clear infections.
10. wherein (adverb) – in which.
11. clustered (adjective) – combined.
12. cleave (verb) – split, divide, bisect/separate into two.
13. genetic scissors (noun) – a special protein called Cas9 in a genome editing tool Crispr-Cas9, which now is often described in popular literature as ‘genetic scissor’.
14. open up (phrase) – create new opportunities/possibilities; make available, make accessible.
15. vast (adjective) – huge, extensive, massive.
16. window of opportunity (phrase) – lucky chance, good time, golden opportunity.
17. Clinical trials ‘in a dish’ (CTiD) (phrase) – it involves testing medical therapies for safety or effectiveness in the laboratory with human tissue.
18. clinical trial (noun) – a type of research that studies new tests and treatments and evaluates their effects on human health outcomes.
19. inherited (adjective) – derived genetically from one’s parents or ancestors.
20. disorder (noun) – disease, sickness, illness, ailment, complaint, problem.
21. aggressive (adjective) – hostile, belligerent, bellicose, hawkish, combative.
22. embryo (noun) – an early stage of development of unborn child. it develops from a single cell (called zygote) resulting from the fertilization of the female egg cell by the male sperm cell.
23. lead to (verb) – cause, give rise to, result in, bring on.
24. furore (noun) – commotion, outcry uproar, agitation.
25. draw up (phrasal verb) – formulate, create, work out.
26. so far (phrase) – until now, up to the present, up to this point.
27. consensus (noun) – an idea or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group, agreement, concurrence.
28. ethics (noun) – standards, principles, morality, rule of conduct.
29. primarily (adverb) – basically, especially, particularly.
30. yield (noun) – an amount produced of an agricultural product.
31. resistance (noun) – ability to fight off, ability to counteract/withstand, immunity from.
32. herbicide (noun) – a chemical that is used to destroy plants, particularly weeds.
33. domestication (noun) – the process to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; taming.
34. species (noun) – living things (organisms); A group/breed/family of living organisms (animals & plants) with the individual having the same quality & can breed (in nature).
35. agronomic (adjective) – relating to the science of farming & soil management.
36. bring in (phrasal verb) – cause, bring about, give rise to, create, produce.
37. sweeping (adjective) – complete/total, comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-embracing, far-reaching.
38. breed (verb) – bring up, rear, raise, nurture.
39. indeed (adverb) – in fact, actually, undeniably.
40. epoch (noun) – era, period, time.

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