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‘The use of recombinant DNA technology can only benefit humans’
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'The use of recombinant DNA technology can only benefit humans' As all living creatures contain the same DNA but in different sequences, there is a huge possibility that using technology like the recombinant DNA, this can benefit them. Not only humans but also plants, sea creatures and insects. With any technical advances new public policy needs arise. Recombinant DNA is an example of a technology that has created a large degree of debate in the public arena. Many people will agree and many will disagree so getting evidential advantages is a must.. The basis of recombinant technology is that DNA makes RNA and RNA makes protein. 1. Recombinant technology begins with the isolation of a gene of interest. The gene is then inserted into a vector and cloned. A vector (carrier) is a piece of DNA that is capable of independent growth; commonly used vectors are bacterial plasmids and viral phages. The gene...
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