Scientists Developed a Set of Guidelines to Address the Safety

question 9

Multiple Choice

Scientists developed a set of guidelines to address the safety of DNA technology. Which of the following is one of the adopted safety measures?

• A) Microorganisms used in recombinant DNA experiments are genetically crippled to ensure that they cannot survive outside of the laboratory.
• B) Genetically modified organisms are not allowed to be part of our food supply.
• C) Transgenic plants are engineered so that the plant genes cannot hybridize.
• D) Experiments involving HIV or other potentially dangerous viruses have been banned.
• E) Recombinant plasmids cannot be replicated.

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