Biotechnology

The author of this New York Times article is Barnaby Feder. Feder is a general technology reporter, covering biotechnology, robotics and various manufacturing technologies. He also wrote about trade, environmental and energy issues. This article was written to show just how a specific alternative to animal testing work. The alternative Feder wrote about is the In-vitro test. He details the process of getting an In-vitro test, and how the companies are growing due to an increasing demand of this…

according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, updated in 2016, public stigma is a pervasive barrier that prevents many individuals in the United States from engaging in mental health care (NCIB). Public stigma refers to a set of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate individuals to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against people with mental illness (NCIB). Unfortunately, after many experiments and researching, the National Center for Biotechnology Information proved…

Abortion Even before the settlers landed in what is now called the United State, abortions have been being performed in many cultures for many different reasons. Until the Supreme Court’s Roe versus Wade decision, states had different laws regarding abortion. This ruling helped to save many lives by helping to stop the prevalence of back alley abortions. These days, there are several different medically supervised ways to terminate pregnancies, allowing pregnant women safer options. While…

In this way, socioeconomics would also be affected if genetic modification was available for the public’s use. Procedures will be expensive; in vitro fertilization already costs nearly $20,000 in the USA without any genetic testing (Regalado 31). The application of improved intelligence, spatial reasoning, and other genetic enhancements will exponentiate these expenses, making genetically elite children available only for those who can pay. This will further widen the inequality gap,…

Genetically Modified Corn Genetically modified corn has many disadvantages and advantages. One advantage is that corn is being genetically modified to be herbicide resistant and to produce its own pesticide. Another advantage is that crop yields are being increased through genetic modification. The disadvantages are environmental issues such as, the decrease of insect populations due to the growth of corn that produces its own pesticide. Also, Genetic Modification is a growing field and the…

Cj Gonzalez Ms. Sharief English 4 17 May 2015 Killing Us The image displayed above illustrates a giant hand with the name Monsanto on it strangling a woman who is portrayed as Mother Nature. Monsanto is a company that produces genetically modified foods. What the artist is trying to tell the viewers is that Monsanto is killing the planet with all of its biochemical research and experiments. The element used in this cartoon is hyperbole because it is an exaggeration as to what the fist doing…

much as society thinks it is. Organic vs. Conventional: What does it all mean? To have a USDA approved label in the United States, John Cohrssen, former counsel to the white House Biotechnology Working Group, and Henry Miler, a physician and founding director of the US Food and Drug Administration Office of Biotechnology, explain it can be only on USDA authorized produces. This means that while the label means a stamp of approval having gone through government sanctioned processes and…

Opportunities in fruit production have been extended by the ability to create new genotypes using Biotechnology. Genetic Engineering has made it possible to create crops and other foods that have desired characteristics, for example Golden Rice is a variety of transformed rice (al, 2012). This genetically engineered form of rice was made by the combining…

What is the process of therapeutic cloning? The process of therapeutic cloning is removing a nucleus from an abhorrent cell and moving the nucleus into an unfertilized egg, which develops an exact replica of the parent cell, this is then called a clone. The purpose of therapeutic cloning is to strengthen the cells within the body. With the process of therapeutic cloning this then allows the cells to cure diseases that have not been cured yet, this then would allow humanity in the future to be…

disease that has recently broke out, causing numerous amounts of deaths and infections of the American people. “ Annually, more than 50 million cases of pertussis, including 600,000 deaths are reported worldwide”(Center for Biotechnology, Anna University). Pertussis is very contagious, the bacterial disease is also known as “whooping cough”. Whooping Cough is a upper respiratory infection caused by bacteria, Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis. Whooping…