biotechnology applications by Joseph Nixon https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2 en-us 2016-11-18 14:12:40 UTC 2017-01-12 21:30:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Medical jtnixon_adhs_stem https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138708780
Biotechnology's applications will be use full for medicine. The pasture of biotechnology, genetic engineering, has introduced techniques like gene therapy, there are some applications of biotechnology which are live their part in the turf of medicine and giving good results like gene therapy to help heal genetic diseases.

Pros:
Can Help Cure Genetic diseases 
Can help paralyzed people walk again

Cons:
Ethical concerns
Could distort the human genome and gene pool

]]> 2016-11-18 14:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138708780 Agricultural jtnixon_adhs_stem https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138710644 Biotechnology's application in agriculture could be used for creating food that grows faster, contains more nutrients, produces more fruits/vegetables in less space, make plants healthier, and make biofuels for cars and power plants.

Pros:
Creates more food with more nutrients in less space
Could help with food crises all over the world
could create plants that soak up co2 faster and produce more O2 

Cons
could be considered unnatural

]]> 2016-11-18 14:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138710644 Specilized Bacteria jtnixon_adhs_stem https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138712041 Biotechnology in Bacteria could create bacteria that eat oil, methane, carbon dioxide, pollutants in water, and the bacteria could help kill deadly diseases in the body.

Pros
Could help with global warming
Could help with fighting deadly diseases
Could help with oil spills

Cons 
Could be seen as unnatural
Could get loose and hurt the environment
]]> 2016-11-18 14:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138712041 Environmental jtnixon_adhs_stem https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138722951 Biotechnology in the environment could make it possible to remove pollutants from waterways and speed up the process of breaking down trash in landfills, it could also help repair damaged ecosystems and remove harmful chemicals and substances from the environment.

Pros
Could help remove harmful substances from ecosystems
Could help solve global warming
Could help save endangered species

Cons
Plants could grow out of control and kill the native species
could crate plants that harm the environment more than it helps it 

]]> 2016-11-18 15:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138722951 Bioremediation jtnixon_adhs_stem https://padlet.com/jtnixon_adhs_stem/x0bpctjq2yz2/wish/138726073 Organisms  can be used to clean up pollution in soil, water or air. Bioremediation has been suggested as an effective way of removing the toxins from the soil water and air.

Pros 
Could help clean a polluted ecosystem
Could help save native species
Could remove radiation from affected areas

Cons
Could destroy an ecosystem
Could kill a native species

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