recombinant
adjective
re·com·bi·nant
(ˌ)rē-ˈkäm-bə-nənt 
1
: relating to or exhibiting genetic recombination
recombinant progeny
2
a
: relating to or containing genetically engineered DNA
b
: produced by genetic engineering
recombinant bovine growth hormone
recombinant
noun
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Here’s the pivot: recombinant innovation isn’t just a thinking exercise.
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The generation that the Space Race inspired went on to become the scientists, mathematicians, and engineers who eradicated smallpox, built the personal computer, created the first recombinant DNA molecule, drew attention to climate change, and put the global community on a path toward a solution.
—Reynold Verret, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Risk of recombination Questions have swirled about whether or not bird flu and seasonal influenza could form a recombinant virus, meaning a combination of the two.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2024
For most pathogens, this approach has long since been supplanted by a technology called recombinant protein vaccines, where a single piece of the virus—a viral protein—is grown in a laboratory.
—Stephen Buranyi, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
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Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The generation that the Space Race inspired went on to become the scientists, mathematicians, and engineers who eradicated smallpox, built the personal computer, created the first recombinant DNA molecule, drew attention to climate change, and put the global community on a path toward a solution.
—Reynold Verret, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Risk of recombination Questions have swirled about whether or not bird flu and seasonal influenza could form a recombinant virus, meaning a combination of the two.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2024
For most pathogens, this approach has long since been supplanted by a technology called recombinant protein vaccines, where a single piece of the virus—a viral protein—is grown in a laboratory.
—Stephen Buranyi, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
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recombinant
1 of 2 adjective
re·com·bi·nant
(ˈ)rē-ˈkäm-bə-nənt
1
: relating to or exhibiting genetic recombination
recombinant progeny
2
a
: relating to or containing genetically engineered DNA
b
: produced by genetic engineering
recombinant bovine growth hormone
recombinant
2 of 2 noun
: an individual exhibiting recombination
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