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genetic engineering


The manipulation of DNA to produce new types of organisms, usually by inserting or deleting genes.	1
‡ Genetic engineering has been developed commercially, with uses such as producing human insulin or bacteria that will keep plants from freezing in a mild frost. It is also used to produce genetically modified organisms.	2
‡ U.S. courts have ruled that the products of genetic engineering can be patented.	3
‡ There is often controversy about the risk involved in releasing genetically engineered organisms into the environment.	4

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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