Genetic Engineering by https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6 What are the pros and cons of genetic engineering? en-us 2016-11-22 22:21:47 UTC 2022-03-16 04:23:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png Pros judith_a_morgan https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484249 2016-11-22 22:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484249 Cons judith_a_morgan https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484273 2016-11-22 22:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484273 Examples judith_a_morgan https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484323 2016-11-22 22:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484323 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484420 Can help influence higher crop yields therefore helping to feed people in developing countries by creating disease resistance and crops that can grow in harsh conditions]]> 2016-11-22 22:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484420 elizabethbourke0 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484912 Improves understanding of genetics]]> 2016-11-22 22:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484912 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484915 Removing illness in unborn children]]> 2016-11-22 22:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139484915 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485082 Improving immunities to pests in crops could lead to drastic decline in the pest species, eliminating a possible major food source for another species and distrupting the food chain]]> 2016-11-22 22:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485082 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485128 Creating a wider health/wealth gap due to the high price of genetic modification]]> 2016-11-22 22:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485128 Golden Rice emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485143 high in beta-carotene (the precursor to Vitamin A), meaning it can be given at low cost to suffering communities to decrease the rate of vitamin A deficiencies.]]> 2016-11-22 22:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485143 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485304 Safety, whether scientists know enough about the human body to guarantee success every time.  ]]> 2016-11-22 22:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485304 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485442 The ethical dillemma: Should humans be able to alter the natural order?]]> 2016-11-22 22:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485442 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485580 Eventually human biology may adapt to these changes and be less responsive, creating more damage to the gene pool over the course of several generations.]]> 2016-11-22 22:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485580 Less Flatulent Cows https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485683 The second largest factor for the greenhouse effect. Cows naturally produce methane due to their digestion process. Agriculture research scientists from the University of Alberta worked to identify this bacterium that is responsible for methane. These cattle have 25 percent less production of methane compared to average cows]]> 2016-11-22 22:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485683 Fast-growing Salmon https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485684 Genetically modified salmon that grows twice as fast as the conventional variety. The fish has the same flavour, texture colour, and odour as regular]]> 2016-11-22 22:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485684 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485743 Treatment of Genetic Diseases e.g cystic fibrosis thus improving quality of life]]> 2016-11-22 22:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485743 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485755  We are able to fortify foods for greater nutrition to improve general health]]> 2016-11-22 22:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485755 Glittering Seahorses https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485801 Scientists used the gene shooting method to insert a mixture of jellyfish proteins and gold dust into the eggs of a seahorse.]]> 2016-11-22 22:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485801 Venomous Cabbage https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485859 Poison in scorpion tails is combined with cabbage. These genetically modified cabbages would produce scorpion poison that kills caterpillars when they bite leaves, but the toxin is modified so it isn’t harmful to humans.]]> 2016-11-22 22:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485859 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485953 Maximininisation of profit for agricultural industries]]> 2016-11-22 22:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485953 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485988 Modification of animals to give them resistance to diseases]]> 2016-11-22 22:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139485988 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486130 Increased human life span]]> 2016-11-22 22:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486130 Banana vaccines https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486154 Researchers have successfully engineered bananas, potatoes, lettuce, carrots and tobacco to produce vaccines, but they say bananas are the ideal production and delivery vehicle.
When an altered form of a virus is injected into a banana sapling, the virus’ genetic material quickly becomes a permanent part of the plant’s cells. As the plant grows, its cells produce the virus proteins, but not the infectious part of the virus. When people eat a bite of a genetically engineered banana, which is full of virus proteins, their immune systems build up antibodies to fight the disease, just like a traditional vaccine.
]]> 2016-11-22 22:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486154 Web Spinning Goats https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486315 Researchers inserted a spiders’ dragline silk gene into the goats’ DNA in such a way that the goats would make the silk protein only in their milk. This “silk milk” could then be used to manufacture a web-like material called Biosteel.]]> 2016-11-22 22:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486315 Medicinal Eggs https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486389 British scientists have made a breed of genetically modified hens that produce cancer-fighting medicines in their eggs. The animals have had human genes added to their DNA so that human proteins are secreted into the whites of their eggs, along with complex medicinal proteins similar to drugs used to treat skin cancer and other diseases.]]> 2016-11-22 22:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486389 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486450 Stigma associated with the production and distribution of GM foods]]> 2016-11-22 22:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486450 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486555 The loss of other traits, e.g. seeds in bananas (sterile)]]> 2016-11-22 22:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486555 emfrendo https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486571 Potential side effects from new genes]]> 2016-11-22 22:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139486571 https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139487872 2016-11-22 23:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/judith_a_morgan/92o88jls7di6/wish/139487872