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Introduction of Recombinant DNA-Engineered Organisms Into the Environment Key Issues (1987) / Chapter Skim
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... • The risks associated with the introduction of R-ONA­ engineered organisms are the same in kind as those associated with the introduction into the environment of unmodified organisms and organisms modified by other genetic tech­ niques. Mounting concerns about environmental degradation, to­ gether with the pressing problems of ensuring adequate food and health care for a rapidly expanding global population, provide a compelling rationale for the accelerated study and development of biological organisms for use in agriculture, health care, and biosphere management.
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... t�:N��� neered organisms into the environment should be based on c;� the nature of the organism and the environment into which it will be introduced, not on the method by which it was � J modified. Acut plasmid • There is an urgent need for the scientific community to � provide guidance to both investigators and regulators in evalu­ "' ating planned introductions of modified organisms from an o�o�� ecological perspective.
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Key Terms

  • recombinant dna
  • hazards exist
  • target environments
  • ensuring adequate
  • mounting concerns

  • organisms outside
  • unique hazards
  • key biological
  • human cell
  • planned introductions

  • relevant scientific
  • expanding global
  • biosphere management
  • ecological parameters
  • modified organisms

  • rapidly expanding
  • cell fies
  • environmental degradation
  • global population
  • compelling rationale

  • dna technology
  • scientific principles
  • adequate food
  • biological properties
  • ating planned

  • accelerated study
  • outside research
  • biological organisms
  • health care
  • unrelated organisms


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