Meaning of modified in English

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« Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. »
Jeremy Rifkin
« Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread otherwise there will be no peace. »
Norman Borlaug
« The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training. »
Carroll Quigley
« Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign. »
Nina Fedoroff
« The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. »
W. H. Auden