gene splicing

n=3


a: Gene splicing ~
b: writing a note

What:

"Gene splicing is like writing a note with words cut out of a magazine, except that chemicals are the scissors and paste"


Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 2 2017 10:20 AM



a: Gene splicing ~
b: laser scalpel

What:

"To me cross breeding and trait selection are like a blunt club and gene splicing is like a laser scalpel."


Useful?
Writer: horsfield
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 2 2017 10:22 AM



a: Gene splicing ~
b: children with handguns

What:

"With the current state of our understanding of genomics, allowing clinical human work on gene splicing is like entrusting children with handguns."


Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Apr 2 2017 10:24 AM



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