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biotechnology The use of technology to harness the power of biological processes as a means of meeting societal needs.
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) A technique for generating many copies of a DNA sequence.
restriction enzyme A type of enzyme, occurring naturally in bacteria, that recognizes a specific series of DNA bases and cuts the DNA strand at that site. Restriction enzymes are used in biotechnology to cut DNA in specific places.
transgenic organism An organism whose genome has stably incorporated one or more genes from another species.
plasmid A ring of DNA that lies outside the chromosome in bacteria. Plasmids can move into bacterial cells in the process called transformation, thus making them a valuable tool in biotechnology.
recombinant DNA Two or more segments of DNA that have been combined by humans into a sequence that does not exist in nature.
clone An exact genetic copy. Also used as a verb - - to make one of these copies. A single gene or a whole, complex organism can be cloned.
reproductive cloning The cloning of whole, complex living things.
stem cells Cells with the capacity to produce more cells of their own type, along with at least one type of specialized daughter cells.
blastocyst Hollow, fluid-filled ball of cells that is formed in the early stages of the embryonic development of humans and other mammals. In non-mammalian animals , the blastocyst is known as the blastula.
embryonic stem cell A cell from the blastocyst stage of a human embryo that is capable of giving rise to almost all of the cells or tissues in the body.
therapeutic cloning The uses of cloning to produce human embryonic stem cells that can be used to treat disease.
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