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Pages 187-190

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From page 187...
... Biotechnology  A number of methods other than selective breeding and sexually crossing organisms to endow new characteristics in organisms. Biotechnology product  A product developed through genetic engineering (including products where the engineered DNA molecule is itself the "product," as in an engineered molecule used as a DNA storage medium)
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From page 188...
... Genome editing  Specific modification of the DNA of an organism to create mutations or introduce new alleles or new genes; used interchangeably with the term gene editing. Genome engineering  The use of tools that allow rapid and precise changes directly across chromosomes of living cells instead of limiting modifications at single genes.
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From page 189...
... Regulatory science  The development and implementation of risk-analysis methods and the maximization the utility of risk analyses to inform regulatory decisions for biotechnology products, consistent with human health and environmental risk–benefit standards provided in relevant government statutes. Regulatory science includes establishment of information and data quality standards, study guidelines, and generation of data and information to support risk analyses.
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Key Terms

  • risk analyses
  • living cells
  • genetic engineering
  • nongovernmental organizations
  • nontarget effects

  • regulatory science
  • specific phenotype
  • computational sciences
  • vitro manipulation
  • conflict formally

  • product developed
  • mechanism found
  • dna molecules
  • policy relating
  • dna storage

  • typically centers
  • short palindromic
  • engineering principles
  • produce variation
  • unforeseen harms

  • human population
  • standards provided
  • organism except
  • involves identification
  • actual dna

  • data quality
  • dna molecule
  • specific modification
  • synthetic sequences
  • environmental values


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