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GENE TECHNOLOGY AMENDMENT REGULATION 2008 (NO 1) (NO 17 OF 2008) - REG 33

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"infectious agent" means an agent that is capable of entering, surviving in, multiplying, and potentially causing disease in, a susceptible host.

"known" means known within the scientific community.

"non-conjugative plasmid", for schedule 2—see schedule 2, part 2.3.

"non-vector system", for schedule 2—see schedule 2, part 2.3.

"nucleic acid "means either, or both, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), or ribonucleic acid (RNA), of any length.

"oncogenic modification "means a genetic modification that is capable of inducing unregulated cell proliferation in a vertebrate cell.

"packaging cell line" means an animal or human cell line that contains a gene or genes that when expressed in trans are necessary and sufficient to complement packaging defects of a replication defective viral vector in order to produce packaged replication defective virions.

"pathogenic", in relation to an organism, means having the capacity to cause disease or abnormality.

"pathogenic determinant "means a characteristic that has the potential to increase the capacity of a host or vector to cause disease or abnormality.



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