1973 CE
Early recombinant-DNA experiments
Genética y biotecnología · ADN recombinante · Biotecnología · Bioseguridad
Cohen, Boyer, and colleagues showed that DNA fragments could be joined and introduced into bacteria. It opened molecular-cloning techniques but also debates about biosafety, ownership, and uses that technical capacity alone cannot resolve.
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- 2026-09-23
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