Genome

There is quite a bit of controversy surrounding the safety of transgenic organisms. Some people believe that bioengineered organisms and products are highly beneficial to our society and population in various ways, while others believe that the whole process in general is immoral and ultimately unsafe. We encounter transgenic organisms in our daily lives primarily through our food supply, and many issues with transgenic organisms are beginning to arise within the agricultural community because…

The presumption of restraint dictates "a default position of wariness that must be overcome by morally compelling reasons in order to justify a particular project 's moral legitimacy or permissibility" (Fiester, 2008). Since the modification of genomes in any living thing is a very powerful and profound act, it should not be done without a morally compelling reason. I also think that the utilization of cost-benefit analysis is useful for deciding whether or not a specific project is morally…

Organisms (GMO) is the organisms whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favor the expression of the desired physiological traits or the production of the desired biological products”. From the definition we can understand that the genome from the DNA can be altered or some sequence can be separated from the DNA and use it to enhance or mute (gene silencing) a certain type of traits in an organism. In some cases we can even amplify the genome to produce the hormone in…

pandemic. With recent advancements in technology and the professionalism of the doctors in Kinshasa, researchers have been able to trace the genome of the HIV virus back to earlier than was believed. A scientific journalist, David Quammen…

Abstract DNA recombination is basically generation of the new DNA sequence in genome by exchange of DNA strands. Recombination generally but not necessarily occurs between similar DNA sequences and provides genetic variation, genome integrity [1]. There are four main ways being identified to produce recombinant DNA; homologous recombination in which physical exchange of DNA sequences occur between the homologous chromosomes, illegitimate recombination occurs between DNA sequences sharing low…

Something to Grapple with: How Wily Lyme Disease Prowls the Body From animals to humans, Lyme disease is affecting many individuals across the world. With symptoms such as fatigue and pain, Lyme disease can range from being debilitating to consuming your entire life. Scientists had very little research to find why the disease persists so long in the body until researchers at the University of Toronto investigated that the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi is the problem. It actually attaches to the…

The Ebola virus is gaining worldwide fame due to its sensational outbreak originating from Sierra Leone. The outbreaks of the virus have been recognized and effectively dealt with in the past, but the present outbreak is becoming a overwhelming challenge. Approximately there have been 15,000 suspected cases of the disease and 6,000 confirmed deaths so far. The horrifying visual hemorrhagic symptoms caused by the Ebola virus include internal and external bleeding as well as the fear inducing…

In the article “ A study of lived experiences of registered nurses who have provided end-of-life care within an intensive care unit”, by Holms in 2014, the author discussed the qualitative research that was done to determine what registered nurse’s knew about life of end care and and how they felt about end of life care in the intensive care unit. In this study the phenomenological qualitative research design was used and took place in an ICU in Scotland. “Phenomenological studies describe the…

easy to grow and they display chemotaxic behaviour. It is best to grow Vibrio Fischeri at 28 degrees Celsius. (DeLoney-Marino CR, 2013) Vibrio Fischeri is a heterotroph and has the ability to be anaerobic and aerobic which was determined through genome sequencing and chemical assays. One of the ways in which it is able to grow anaerobically is by using mixed-acid fermentation. (Ruby et al. 2005) Vibrio Fischeri is also oxidase positive. Location: Vibrio Fischeri is found in shallow marine…

ultimately, does the genome tell us about ourselves? The genome determines the structure of the body and our sense-organs and, therefore, reality itself. The sphere of physical reality (which is observer determined) for a worm and a human are decidedly different. However, the genome itself is carbon-based. Carbon is formed at the heart of stars and super-nova explosions, formative processes of the universe. Life as we know it is limited by our spatio-temporal logic, i.e. “the genome” traps us in…