Can you create new organisms by modified DNA?

Question: Can you create new organisms by modified DNA?
- Keywords:
  dna,
  GMO,
  modified,
  organism
Asked by Mariangel Garcia to Thomas on 14 Nov 2016.
- Thomas McLoughlin answered on 14 Nov 2016:
  
  Yes this is the whole premise of modifying DNA to create a GMO (genetically modified organism) . The first GM bacteria was modified over 40 y ago by combining DNA from a monkey virus with that of DNA from a virus found in E.coli. This is what is called GM/transgenic organism.

Question: Can you create new organisms by modified DNA?