Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 30 views

    Genetic Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Mishelyn Payuran
    This document discusses genetic engineering and its applications. It notes that while genetic engineering is an advanced technique, it has not been fully accepted worldwide due to ethical concerns and public misunderstanding. However, genetically modified herbicides and pesticides produced through genetic engineering are more environmentally friendly. The document also outlines how genetic engineering is used in medicine to develop vaccines, hormones like insulin, and potential cures for diseases. It provides examples of genetically modified foods and describes the basic process of genetic engineering at a molecular level.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Genetic Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Mishelyn Payuran
    30 views2 pages
    This document discusses genetic engineering and its applications. It notes that while genetic engineering is an advanced technique, it has not been fully accepted worldwide due to ethical concerns and public misunderstanding. However, genetically modified herbicides and pesticides produced through genetic engineering are more environmentally friendly. The document also outlines how genetic engineering is used in medicine to develop vaccines, hormones like insulin, and potential cures for diseases. It provides examples of genetically modified foods and describes the basic process of genetic engineering at a molecular level.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses genetic engineering and its applications. It notes that while genetic engineering is an advanced technique, it has not been fully accepted worldwide due to ethical concerns and public misunderstanding. However, genetically modified herbicides and pesticides produced through genetic engineering are more environmentally friendly. The document also outlines how genetic engineering is used in medicine to develop vaccines, hormones like insulin, and potential cures for diseases. It provides examples of genetically modified foods and describes the basic process of genetic engineering at a molecular level.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    30 views2 pages

    Genetic Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Mishelyn Payuran
    This document discusses genetic engineering and its applications. It notes that while genetic engineering is an advanced technique, it has not been fully accepted worldwide due to ethical concerns and public misunderstanding. However, genetically modified herbicides and pesticides produced through genetic engineering are more environmentally friendly. The document also outlines how genetic engineering is used in medicine to develop vaccines, hormones like insulin, and potential cures for diseases. It provides examples of genetically modified foods and describes the basic process of genetic engineering at a molecular level.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 2

    FUN FACTS GENETIC

    ENGINEERING
    ETHICAL CONCERN
    GENETIC ENGINEERING DESPITE BEING A HIGHLY
    ADVANCED TECHNIQUE HAS NOT YET BEEN
    ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH A
    WIDE RANGE OF NEW PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN
    DEVELOPED, STILL A LARGE PORTION OF THE
    COMMUNITY IS NOT READY TO ACCEPT IT.
    CONFLICTS ALSO ARISE FROM PEOPLE’S IGNORANCE
    ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR HOSTILE
    ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

    GM PRODUCTS
    HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES PRODUCED THROUGH
    THIS ENGINEERING METHOD ARE ENVIRONMENT
    FRIENDLY. THEY ELIMINATE USE OF CHEMICAL
    FERTILIZERS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS THAT ARE
    DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF HUMAN BEINGS,
    ANIMALS AND PLANTS. GENETICALLY MODIFIED
    10 EXAMPLES OF
    HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES CONTAIN GENES THAT
    CAUSE NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANTS AND ARE GMO FOODS
    EFFECTIVE IN ACTION AT THE SAME TIME.
    AGROBACTERIUM INFECTION WITH THE HELP OF T 1. RICE 6. POTATO
    (TRANSFER) – DNA IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF
    PRODUCING VIRULENCE RESISTANT PLANTS. 2. MILK 7. SQUASH
    3. SOY BEANS 8. PAPAYA THE ALTERATION OF AN ORGANISM’S
    GENE THERAPY 4. TOMATO 9. CORN
    GENOTYPE USING RECOMBINANT DNA
    TECHNOLOGY TO MODIFY AN ORGANISM’S DNA
    THIS IS EXTENSIVELY USED IN THE FIELD OF TO ACHIEVE DESIRABLE TRAITS.
    MEDICINE AND TREATMENT. VACCINES ARE
    5. CANOLA 10. SUGAR BEETS
    PRODUCED BY ENGINEERING VIRUSES WHILE
    HORMONES, LIKE INSULIN ARE ALSO PRODUCED BY
    RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY. CURE OF DEADLY
    VIRAL DISEASES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH GENETIC
    ENGINEERING. DISEASES LIKE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA,
    THALASSEMIA, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, HEMOPHILIA,
    DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ETC COULD BE
    CURED EFFECTIVELY BY GENE THERAPY. DRUGS,
    ANTIBODIES, ANTIBIOTICS AND INJECTIONS ARE
    ALSO MANUFACTURED BY PHARMACEUTICAL
    COMPANIES WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING
    TECHNIQUE.
    GENETIC ENGINEERING
    GENETIC ENGINEERING INCLUDES MULTIPLE PROCESS OF
    TECHNIQUES FOR DELIBERATE MANIPULATION GENETIC ENGINEERING
    OF GENETIC MAKEUP LIKE TO ALTER, TO
    REPAIR, OR ENHANCE GENES OR PHENOTYPE OF PLASMID IS EXTRACTED FROM THE
    ORGANISM.
    1. BACTERIA.

    A SMALL SECTION IS THEN CUT OUT OF THE


    TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS 2. CIRCULAR PLASMID BY RESTRICTION
    ENZYMES, 'MOLECULAR SCISSORS'
    CHEMICAL SPLICING OF
    DIFFERENT STRANDS OF DNA
    USING EITHER BACTERIA OR THE GENE FOR HUMAN INSULIN IS
    INSERTED INTO THE GAP IN THE PLASMID.
    VIRUS IS JUST ONE OF THE 3. THIS PLASMID IS NOW GENETICALLY
    MANY WAYS SCIENCE COULD MODIFIED.
    OFFER.
    THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLASMID IS
    4. INTRODUCED INTO A NEW BACTERIA OR
    YEAST CELL.

    AN ORGANISM
    MORE INFORMATION: THIS CELL THEN DIVIDES RAPIDLY AND
    GENERATED THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING IS THE DIRECT 5. STARTS MAKING INSULIN.
    GENETIC ENGINEERING IS ALTERING OF AN ORGANISM'S GENOME. THIS
    CONSIDERED TO BE A IS ACHIEVED THROUGH MANIPULATION OF TO CREATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF THE CELLS,
    GENETICALLY MODIFIED THE DNA. DOING THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIA ARE
    GROWN IN LARGE FERMENTATION VESSELS
    ORGANISM (GMO). DNA IS LIKE A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE; ALL DNA 6. THAT CONTAIN ALL THE NUTRIENTS THEY
    FOR ALL ORGANISMS IS MADE UP OF THE SAME NEED. THE MORE THE CELLS DIVIDE, THE
    NUCLEOTIDE BUILDING BLOCKS. THUS, IT IS MORE INSULIN IS PRODUCED.
    POSSIBLE FOR GENES FROM ONE ORGANISM TO
    BE READ BY ANOTHER ORGANISM. WHEN FERMENTATION IS COMPLETE, THE
    7. MIXTURE IS FILTERED TO RELEASE THE
    INSULIN.
    BIOSYNTHETIC "HUMAN"
    INSULIN IS NOW GENETIC ENGINEERING THE INSULIN IS THEN PURIFIED AND
    MANUFACTURED FOR ALLOWS THE DIRECT PACKAGED INTO BOTTLES AND INSULIN
    WIDESPREAD CLINICAL TRANSFER OF ONE OR JUST A 8. PENS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS
    USE USING GENETIC FEW GENES, BETWEEN EITHER WITH DIABETES.
    ENGINEERING. CLOSELY OR DISTANTLY
    RELATED ORGANISMS.
    INSULIN IS A PEPTIDE
    HORMONE PRODUCED BY CROP IMPROVEMENT CAN BE
    BETA CELLS OF THE ACHIEVED IN A SHORTER TIME
    PANCREATIC ISLETS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL
    ENCODED IN HUMANS BY BREEDING.
    THE INS GENE. IT IS
    CONSIDERED TO BE THE ALLOWS PLANT TO BE MODIFIED BY REMOVING
    MAIN ANABOLIC OR SWITCHING OFF PARTICULAR GENES.
    HORMONE OF THE BODY.

    You might also like