HIV Glossary
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. Use of living organisms or their products to make or modify a substance. These include recombinant DNA techniques (genetic engineering). 2. Industrial application of the results of biological research, particularly in fields such as recombinant DNA or gene splicing, which permits the production of synthetic hormones or enzymes by combining genetic material from different species.
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