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Which is a potential negative consequence of using genetically engineered medicine?
Gene markers that are resistant to antibiotics are used, providing the possibility for humans to have increased antibiotic resistance.
Products that are used to genetically engineer medicine are poisonous.
Restriction enzymes are used to create the medicine and have been known to cause cancer.
Medicine that is created this way is less effective than medicine that is created the traditional way.

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"Gene markers that are resistant to antibiotics are used, providing the possibility for humans to have increased antibiotic resistance."

Explanation: antibiotic‑resistance marker genes used in some genetically engineered organisms could potentially be transferred to bacteria (including those in or on humans) by horizontal gene transfer, worsening antibiotic resistance. The other choices are incorrect or misleading: the reagents used are not generally "poisonous," restriction enzymes are lab tools not known to cause cancer in this context, and genetically engineered medicines are often as effective or more effective than traditional ones.