Introduction
This test page offers fun and informal ways to test your knowledge on Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.
Key Terms
- biotechnology noun - the use of living organisms or other biological systems in the manufacture of drugs or other products or for environmental management, as in waste recycling: includes the use of bioreactors in manufacturing, microorganisms to degrade oil slicks or organic waste, genetically engineered bacteria to produce human hormones, and monoclonal antibodies to identify antigens.
- cloning noun - the process of producing a clone.
- cultural adjective - of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- economic adjective - pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- environmental noun - the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.
- ethical adjective - being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, especially the standards of a profession: It was not considered ethical for physicians to advertise.
- genetic engineering noun - the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.
- genetic modified organisms noun 1. genetically modified organism: an organism or microorganism whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering.
- issue noun - a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance: the political issues.
- moral adjective - of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- political adjective - of or relating to citizens: political rights.
- social adjective - of or relating to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community: social problems.
- stem cell A cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation. Stem cells can produce only a certain group of cells (as with skin stem cells) or any cell in the body (as with embryonic stem cells).
- vaccine noun - any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
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