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ENGINEERING GENETIC INJUSTICE

Bioethics, 2005
ABSTRACTIn their jointly written book, From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice, Allen Buchanan, Dan Brock, Norman Daniels and Daniel Wikler defend ‘the development and deployment of genetic intervention technologies . . .’, including genetic enhancements, against charges that they exacerbate injustice.
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Genetic engineering Techniques

1997
This chapter gives a brief introduction to the biotechnological techniques which have been used for transforming genomes of plants and plastids. The aim of the engineering methods is to transfer a piece of a species-alien DNA molecule into the genome of a selected species providing the species with a new function or an altered function.
Simonsen, V., Jørgensen, R. B.
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human genetic engineering

Technology in Society, 1984
Abstract The author addresses the new ethical and conceptual uncertainties posed by the application of gene-splicing techniques to human beings, an application of technology that raises complex ethical and social public policy issues. The author reviews the advances in the medical uses of gene-splicing, and addresses their consequences on (1) human ...
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Engineering of the genetic code

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
The genetic code is a universally conserved mechanism that translates genetic information into proteins, consisting of 64 codons formed by four nucleotide bases. With a few exceptions, the genetic code universally encodes 20 canonical amino acids (AAs) and three stop signals, with many AAs represented by multiple codons.
Yael Cohen, Lital Alfonta
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Genetic engineering of immunotoxins

1988
Genetic engineering offers many advantages for the 1) production of immunotoxins (ITs) and 2) design of more effective reagents. In Chapter 9, J.R. Murphy discusses the use of genetic engineering to link genes together resulting in chimeric proteins. This review covers the first applications of genetic engineering technology to improve ITs by studying ...
R J, Youle, L, Greenfield, V G, Johnson
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Genetic engineering of the chloroplast

Biochimie, 2000
Transformation of the plastid genome has a number of inherent advantages for the engineering of gene expression in plants. These advantages include: 10-50 times higher transgene expression levels; the absence of gene silencing and position effect variation; the ability to express polycistronic messages from a single promoter; uniparental plastid gene ...
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Evolution and Genetic Engineering

2013
A cell’s genotype represents the cell’s genetic potential, whereas its phenotype represents the expression of a culture’s potential. The genotype of a cell can be altered by mutations. Mutations may be selectable or unselectable . The rate of mutation can be enhanced by the addition of chemicals called mutagens or by radiation.
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Genetic Engineering Strategies

1996
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are widely used in food technology, and these last years an increasing number of laboratories studies their genetics in order to better know their metabolic capacities and improve them. It should be stressed out that most studies on the genetics of LAB have been done on Lactococci, mesophilic bacteria used as starters of many
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Genetic Engineering

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
J H, Ford, E F, Kal, J L, Kuehn, J E, Trosko, H, Brody, H D, Chieffo, L R, Howard   +6 more
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Genetically Engineered Vaccines

American Pharmacy, 1995
J A, Hughes, G A, Brazeau
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