You're not likely to hear it brought up in casual conversation, but recombinant DNA has changed the world in a relatively short period of time.

Following the success of Humulin, recombinant DNA technology was quickly adopted to replace older methods of producing medical products from human growth hormone to vaccines. Although scientists have ...

Nevertheless, crop biotechnology has spread rapidly ... With pharmaceuticals, the tipping point came early: recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology was accepted globally; there are no 'Frankenpills ...

The first biotech company--Genentech Inc.--was casually conceived ... over a beer, the uses of recombinant DNA technology. Boyer presumably was excited by the prospect that this science could be used ...

However, the modern era of biotechnology began with the discovery of DNA structure in 1953 and the development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s. Since then, biotechnology has rapidly evolved ...

Recombinant DNA is one of the first stories in modern biotechnology history. The National Museum of American History contains collections which trace this foundational technique of genetic engineering ...