verb
- introducing foreign genetic material into cells
Usage: biology; present participle of transfect
Examples
- The researchers are transfecting the cells with a new gene.
- Scientists spent weeks transfecting bacterial cultures in the lab.
- The process of transfecting requires careful preparation of the DNA.
- They are transfecting mouse cells to study protein expression.
- Transfecting the samples took longer than expected.
- The team is transfecting cells using a viral vector method.