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The Recombinant DNA Controversy: Where Will Genetic Engineering Lead Us?
BY YIANNIS
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DNA. Officially known as deoxyribonucleic acid. Also otherwise known as the building block of life. The substance that is unique to each individual and is the basis of forensics to identify culprits. For some dogmatic people, the one thing that science was never supposed to touch and experiment with. Yet, scientists have been trying for years to manipulate it for their own whatever purposes.
What is recombinant DNA?
One of these experiments led to the creation of DNA molecules that do not exist in nature but only through laboratory processes. These molecules are defined as recombinant DNA molecules. They are used in genetic recombination techniques like molecular cloning, or the creation of genetic material from multiple sources. For everyone who can remember Frankenstein’s story, it is the same thing only done in the molecular level instead of the organ parts level. This was made possible after the identification that all DNA molecules have the same chemical structure and differ only in their nucleotide sequences.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/11/the-recombinant-dna-controversy-where.html
