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A. the elimination of a defect (mutation) in a gene
B. the insertion of normal genes to act in place of mutant genes
C. the insertion of human genes into other organisms
D. the cloning of genes to produce and purify therapeutically useful proteins
E. the mapping of all human genetic information


B

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