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Chapter 16, Problem 67E
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A bill that proposed to severely curtail genetic engineering experiments in humans, is to be discussed.
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Genetic engineering can be explained as the alteration of an organism’s genetic makeup to eliminate undesirable characteristics or to introduce desirable ones.
A lot of work has been done in genetic engineering with the focus on increasing plant and animal food production, diagnosing disease conditions, and production of vaccines and other useful drugs.
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