genetec engineering

Start of Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering: Scientific alteration of DNA.

Started after the discovery of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick.

DNA determines physical and mental characteristics.

Types of Genetic Engineering

Germline Gene TherapyAlteration of genome takes place in reproductive cell.

Alterations can be inherited if inserted into chromosomes.

Mostly done in animals.

Types of Genetic Engineering

Somatic Cell Gene Therapy

Alteration of genome in other than sex cell.

Bad genes can be swapped for good ones.

Not inheritable.

Limited success rate.

THE DOWN SIDE

Creating bigger salmon..

May feed more people..

But is it right?

Chicken with no feathers.

Would you eat this?

You wouldn’t know if you were.

Is this right?

COMPANY

CONTROL

BUT DOES IT HAVE BENEFITS?

Feeding A Growing World

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More People = More Food

Crops are engineered to resist disease.

No disease means more crops last.

More crops means more food for the growing population.

Advancements bacteria producing insulin mice producing human heart attack drugs

in their milk goats who carry cancer fighting protein in

their milk sheep with a blood clotting aide in their milk a hen who produces a cancer fighting agent

in her eggs a bull was cloned that was resistant to

brucellosis, tuberculosis, and salmonellosis

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

WHO KNOWS?