One example of DNA testing is checking that a burger comes from Aberdeen Angus beef.

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The bank didn't, however, scrap the testing of potential new checking-account fees.

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But the government's overall approach is focused more on means-testing, rather than on checking people's ability to work.

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At that stage Dr Pusztai's research simply looked like a proof of principle checking that the techniques for transplanting and testing lectin genes worked, prior to exploring other, less harmful lectins as built-in insecticides for crops.

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Bank of America, the largest bank in the U.S. based on the level of deposits, is testing a new fee structure for its checking account service which used to be free.

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Like they did more than half a century ago, our professional inspectors travel the world, checking in to hotels, dining at restaurants and testing treatments at spas to evaluate more than 500 service and facility standards to objectively score each property.

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