Directed modification of the gene complement of a living organism by such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc.
    

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Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Genetic engineering, food, and our environment / Luke Anderson.

The created animal : ethics and genetic engineering of animals / M. Linskens, W. Achterberg, H. Verhoog.

The human body shop : the cloning, engineering, and marketing of life / Andrew Kimbrell.

Edging towards bioutopia : a new politics of reordering life & the Democratic challenge / Richard Hindmarsh.

Gene dreams : Wall Street, academia, and the rise of biotechnology / Robert Teitelman.

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Genetic engineering, food, and our environment / Luke Anderson.

The created animal : ethics and genetic engineering of animals / M. Linskens, W. Achterberg, H. Verhoog.

The human body shop : the cloning, engineering, and marketing of life / Andrew Kimbrell.

Edging towards bioutopia : a new politics of reordering life & the Democratic challenge / Richard Hindmarsh.

Gene dreams : Wall Street, academia, and the rise of biotechnology / Robert Teitelman.