Recombinant DNA (rDNA) refers to artificial DNA molecules that are created by combining genetic material from different sources. This technology involves the insertion of DNA fragments from one ...

In the context of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules, recombinant DNA molecules are defined as either: molecules that are constructed outside living cells by joining ...

The 1975 International Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules held at the Asilomar Conference Center in California has cast a long shadow. Groundbreaking at the time, the meeting of scientists to ...

Western Michigan University recognizes the importance of supporting a broad spectrum of research activities. Cognizant that these activities may be accompanied by some risks, the University requires ...

A new study in the journal Human Gene Therapy indicates that DNA impurities derived from plasmid and host cell DNA are encapsulated into recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) capsids as ...

In the summer of 1974, a group of international researchers published an urgent open letter asking their colleagues to suspend work on a potentially dangerous new technology. The letter was a first in ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 76, No. 11 (Nov., 1979), pp. 5631-5635 (5 pages) Escherichia coli strain $\chi $1776 carrying recombinant DNA ...