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Politics and Genetic Engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Robert H. Blank
Robert H. Blank*
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University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS short note is to update readers on recent developments in, and political implications of, genetic engineering, a critical tool in the expanding field of biotechnology. Based on new understanding of the mechanisms of DNA, molecular biologists are now able to chemically cut genes or sets of genes from one organism and splice them into the DNA of another. This is called recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology. Although these techniques were first applied to bacteria and yeasts, in the last decade researchers have made remarkable strides in putting foreign genes into more complex plants and animals.

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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1992, pp. 81 - 85
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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