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n. - The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism.

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  • The surgeries and gene-splicing that could have cured the infant before it was born?
  • The two men agreed to found a commercial company to exploit Boyer's gene-splicing techniques.
  • Nor has gene-splicing (unlike organic farming) produced plant or tree varieties that can adapt to global warming.
  • When research into gene-splicing isn't banned by universities or governments, radical activists often take matters into their own hands.
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