Gene Sprague

engineered foods are foods that DNA has been changed in a way that does not happen normally. These products are used by varies type of people, such as farmers, everyday people, and people in low-income countries. It works by simply taking the desired gene from a cell and inserting it into another cell. Genetic engineering is developing more and more each day and because of it, a bill was signed on July of 2016 stating that all genetically engineered foods had to be labeled. There are many…

total of 64 different combinations of the codes. For each of the amino acids there can be multiple codes for them as the genetic code can be a degenerate code so an amino acid can have a number of codes for it and for a chromosome there can be many genes for…

The process of somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT is a laboratory procedure where the purpose is to copy, reproduce, a live creature or CLONE it. The nucleus of a somatic cell, any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cell, the cytoplasmic factors influence the nucleus to turn into a zygote. As a result, the egg undergoes a blastocystic stage and it creates the embryonic stem cells. The process takes two cells, one is the donor of the nucleus and the second the receiver of this…

Web silks from spiders may hold the key on how to repair human bones, according to the researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Texas. The study also discovered a specific gene that may initiate biomineralization in human stem cells. Initiating biomineralization can activate bone formation which leads to bone regeneration or osteoregeneration. Biomineralization is a biological process which allows an organism to produce minerals. These minerals are often used…

comes to DNA, genetics and what are called “designer babies.” Stated in the Oxford dictionary, designer baby, by definition is: a baby whose genetic make-up has been selected in order to eradicate a particular defect, or to ensure that a particular gene is present (Oxford Dictionary, 2017). This allows to pre-select embryos before implantation. While that sounds phenomenal, no disease has actually been cured necessarily, but through genetic engineering, scientist have been able to eliminate…

human, everyone else would want to design their children to be the same as the “perfect” child too. Then society would lose their sense of individuality. They all have the same vision of perfection. Also, designer babies can result in a damage in the gene pool because if everyone had the…

create a perfect baby or conceive your baby naturally? Researchers have been saying that parents will be able to choose their child’s genes. This can be done by placing a sperm and an egg on a plate to be observed and modified. By PGD, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and genetic therapy, human embryos can be checked for genetic defects and can be inserted genes that treat diseases. Of course, parents will always want their children to be healthy and successful. Being able to create designer…

acids in the polypeptide is determined by 3-letter codes in the messenger RNA. “Synthesis of RNA deriving from a DNA template is known as the transcription process. Only one strand of DNA is imitative. After transcription, the DNA strands rejoin.” (Gene expression n.d) Ribosomes that synthesize proteins consuming the mature messenger RNA transcript produced during the transcription process, happens during the Translation process. Recombinant DNA is produced by merging DNA from two or more…

A genetic screening of a fetus can allow for illnesses to be detected in the unborn before it's too late. A benefit of human genetic engineering is that with gene therapy, a fetus with a detected genetic defect could be treated and even cured before it is born. Over time these changes can have a permanent impact by controlling the spread of diseases in future generations. Currently, many pregnant women elect…

standards, the DNAse destroyed the DNA of the ampicillin resistant strain of which the recombination of dna could not occur and the e. coli was still ampicillin sensitive thus when exposed to the agar plate it led to direct apoptosis as the genome had no gene for ampicillin. Therefore, the goal standards approves the evidence of the last 60…