The approach to understanding natural phenomena, especially natural sciences, became _________ ever since the days of Rene Descartes.
Rene Descartes’ influence led to the whole approach to understanding natural phenomena becoming anthropocentric.
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Herbert Boyer completed his graduate work in 1963 at the University of _________.
Herbert Boyer completed graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh, in 1963.
Question 3 of 535
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In 1966, Boyer took over an assistant professorship at the University of California at _________.
Boyer took over the assistant professorship at the University of California at San Francisco in 1966.
Question 4 of 535
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In 1969, Herbert Boyer performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of the _________ bacterium.
Boyer performed studies on restriction enzymes of the E. coli bacterium.
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Boyer observed that restriction enzymes cut DNA strands in a particular fashion, leaving what has become known as _________ on the strands.
The enzymes left ‘sticky ends’ on the DNA strands, which made pasting pieces of DNA a precise exercise.
Question 6 of 535
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Stanley Cohen had been studying small ringlets of DNA called _________, which float freely in the cytoplasm of certain bacterial cells.
Cohen was studying small ringlets of DNA called plasmids that replicate independently from the coding strand of DNA.
Question 7 of 535
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The breakthrough achieved by Boyer and Cohen involved inserting recombined segments of DNA into bacterial cells, which could then act as manufacturing plants for specific _________.
The bacterial cells, with recombined DNA, could act as manufacturing plants for specific proteins.
Question 8 of 535
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Traditionally, making curd, bread, or wine could be thought of as a form of biotechnology because they are _________-mediated processes.
Curd, bread, or wine making are all microbe-mediated processes, considered traditional biotechnology.
Question 9 of 535
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Modern biotechnology is used in a restricted sense today to refer to processes which use _________ to achieve desired outcomes on a larger scale.
Modern biotechnology primarily refers to processes using genetically modified organisms.
Question 10 of 535
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The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) defines biotechnology as the integration of natural science and organisms, cells, parts thereof, and molecular analogues for products and _________.
The EFB definition states the integration is for 'products and services'.
