Respiratory Tract - The part of the anatomy that has to do with the passage of air and includes the nose, larynx, trachea, and lungs.⏎
Replication - The process of producing a copy of a strand of DNA.⏎
Nanometer - A unit of length equal to one one-billionth (1 x 10-9) of a meter.⏎
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.⏎
Recombinant Technology - The process that allows technicians to create artificial pieces of DNA in which two or more DNA sequences, often from separate organisms, are combined in ways that would not normally occur naturally.⏎