How are recent developments in genetics helping to change the world?

Answer 1

Genetics our what our life is based on. It is what we seem to be formed of and they influence who we become. By changing or modifying the genetics in a human you can cure diseases and other such problems. A problem with this is the idea of a perfect society. You can also change the genetics of plants to make them more resistant to various things such as bugs. This can be bad because the modifications to the genetic code could be harmful to humans.

Answer 2

Here are some examples of Modern Technologies in Genetics:

cloning

mutation

restriction enzymes

DNA insertion

DNA sequency

DNA finger printing

Genetics Engineering in Bacteria and Plants

Genetic Engineering in Animals

Stem cell research

Gene Expression prifiling of cells

Use of Cold - Virus to grow bone cells

Gene mapping

Gene theraphy

Answer 3

Genetic engineering itself is a novelty. However, in this this day and age where technological breakthroughs are moving at an incredible pace, techniques such as cloning more complex eukaryotes and inserting genes into farm animals to increase yield are some of the issues that are currently on the genetic engineering horizon.

Some recent developments include:

• Creating mouse models of human cancers
• Creating porcine models to study the progression of Heart diseases
• Knockout mice (mice with a certain gene missing from their genome) to study protein function and its consequences on metabolism and development.
• Anti-sense mRNA technology
• Inserting foreign genes into crops to increase yield (genetically modified foods)
• Inserting recombinant DNA into farm animals to create pharmaceutically relevant peptide therapeutics (like insulin and growth factor)