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The following are true about recombinant DNA technology:
Recombinant DNA technology offers specific benefits to the scientific, medical, and general populations;
Mutant strains of bacteria produced by genetic recombination are often unable to survive in the natural environment;
Production of large amounts of proteins such as insulin and human growth hormone has been made possible using recombinant DNA technology.
Thus far, no illnesses in laboratory workers have been traced to genetic recombinants.