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Genetic engineering is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives. For instance, the food processing industry depends on it to a large extent and many modern diagnostic test in medicine are based on methods derived from DNA technology. Along with these advances, the public is becoming more aware of the enormous potential of the technology, as well as the ethical and social issues related to it. Since the conference has taken place, two events have continued to sharpen public awareness and to deepen the controversy: the arrival of transgenic soya beans in Europe, as well as the first, successful cloning of a mammal from tissues of an adult animal, the lamb Dolly.
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Armstrong, J. et al. (1997). Introduction. In: Wirz, J., van Bueren, E.T.L. (eds) The future of DNA. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5494-9_1
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