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Genetic engineering is a technology used to isolate genes from one organism, manipulate them in the laboratory, and then inject them into another organism (Pollack and Shaffer 2005: 324). This technology, also known as recombinant DNA (rDNA) research, has become one of the commercially most significant parts of modern biotechnology.
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van der Heijden, HA. (2010). Framing Genetically Modified Organisms. In: Social Movements, Public Spheres and the European Politics of the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294691_7
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