- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An approach to preventing and/or treating disease by replacing, removing or introducing genes or otherwise manipulating genetic material. In some cases, the material can be injected with a genetic vaccination. In other cases the material is introduced through harmless bioengineered viruses that carry the therapeutic gene to the cell. Globules known as liposomes can also be used to carry therapeutic genes to specific cells.
Industry:Natural environment
Any body part that extends from the main axis or trunk or cephalized portion of an organism.
Industry:Natural environment
In fishes, the tissue between the fin rays or spines.
Industry:Natural environment
Material left in a new position by a natural transporting agent, such as water, wind, ice, or gravity, or by human activity.
Industry:Natural environment
The areas of land and sea bordering the shoreline and extending seaward through the breaker zone. Coastal areas throughout the world are under enormous environmental stress, which is caused by a wide range of factors, including pollution and the destruction and deterioration of marine habitats.
Industry:Natural environment
The largest entity to be described, of which the sample is a part.
Industry:Natural environment
The response of an organism to light, usually expressed as movement of a part of an organism toward or away from the light stimulus, as when plants grow toward sunlight.
Industry:Natural environment
