gene-splicing
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But that is tantamount to what the European Commission and parliament have decided to require for foods derived from organisms that have been genetically improved with the most precise gene-splicing techniques. The lab technique, gene-splicing (see "How to put a vitamin in rice", below), lets scientists transplant genes from almost any organism into another: Fish genes can be woven into strawberries, virus genes slipped into bananas. PHOTO (1--Color) Dave Crissman gives instructions to his 11th-grade science class at Valencia High School before they head to the lab to work on a gene-splicing experiment. |
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