Biotechnology Personal Statement

“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance wheel of the social machinery”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

During the Fall semester of my junior year in my Biotechnology pathway, I gained the opportunity to take City College courses as part of the dual enrollment program at my high school. I enrolled into the Briefings in Biotechnology class (BTEC 5), via my teacher, in order to scope at the potential of biotechnology from external sources.

Scientists continue to find new ways to insert genes for specific traits into plant and animal DNA. A field of promise—and a subject of debate—genetic engineering is changing the food we eat and the world we live in.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela.

My AP Biology class is what started my desire to pursue biochemistry. In fact, it was a specific experiment. We infused jellyfish DNA into yeast plasmid and when we turned off the lights the Petri disks in everybody's hands glowed. It was mind-boggling to see that the blueprints to life could be manipulated and translated to completely different species.

The biotechnology revolution will change the face of the planet, Introduction page 1, There are two thousand laboratories in america alone five hundred companies spending five billion dollars on the biotechnology. Among the scientist there are no surveillance to make sure they are doing the right thing with the technology they are creating. Page 2 of intro, International Genetic technologies, inc did secret research when an accident occured twelve people or fewer where there to witness the accident and only a handful survived. “Biotechnology will transform every part of human life from our food to our medical care our entertainment and our very bodies.” Biotechnology will be something that will either kill us or help us how we use it will depend.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

“Education is most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela). What I think this quote mean is that you can use the things learned in your school to fight back against the bad guys and protect our country. Education means that we are lucky to be able to learn and be taught because we can use this to have fun and fight wars against the bad guys and use the things to build and make new things and like iphone pc’s. And mortars and build cars like lamborghinis and other cool cars and traveling places without education I would not even be typing on this laptop or their even wouldn't be an school here cause we would not even know how to handle money and would not know how to fight back again

As the building block of life, cells contain unbelievable amounts of genetic information, as well as perform functions any living being needs in order to survive. Since a lot of people struggle with such a complex statement, Joshua Z. Rappoport develops the scholarly text, The Cell, on,”discovering the microscopic world that determines our health, our consciousness, and our future,”(front cover). Other than this text, many others publish their works in the past on this subject; some of which are Nobel Peace Prize winners. Within chapter one, “A Day the World Changed”, Rapporport refers to Robert Hooke who uses a microscope in the 1660s to examine a slice of cork, and in the end “what he saw changed human understanding of the world in a way

The current world has already made a great leap forward in technology for everyday uses. One thing that needs to happen is a great leap forward in technology for science purposes, most specifically the study of biology. An article on the future of biotechnology states “This acceleration seems quite likely to continue as the pace of sequencing and its reach across the biological sciences shows no sign of slowing” (Mardis, 2011). This shows that biotechnology is not slowing down, that more discoveries and innovations will come in the future. This is a reason why I believe that the future of a society very similar to GATTACA is not too far in the future. After more technology comes out, more science awareness, and more money invested into biotechnology, DNA sequencing, and gene modification than a society very similar to GATTACA will happen within no

Humanity has now reached a critical moment in its existence where the prospect of emerging biotechnologies

Similar to how the twentieth century was the era of prosperity of computing, the twenty-first century is the DNA era. The silicon age brought about remarkable changes in how we as a species think, operate and communicate. A chain reaction occurred, for with the advancements of the computer revolution, came the rise in the genetic revolution – a revolution that will indefinitely do for life what computing did for information. During this modernized age, we are on the brink of being able to transform, manipulate, and create organisms for any number of productive purposes. “From medicine, to agriculture, to construction and even computing, we are within reach of an age when manipulating the genetic codes of various organisms,

Through studying the successes of humanities and advancements in science, one thinks of The Great Space Race or the invention of the light bulb. In modern day science, studies have become so advanced that many don’t consider GMOs, or “genetically modified organisms,” as with that standard let alone know what the are. [1]A GMO refers to plants or animal that have been created through gene splicing techniques of biotechnology. With this technology at our disposal, humanity has made significant progress in splicing, as well as coming up with ways to deviate some diseases and safer ways to test these possibilities and theories. This was then complemented by the growing need for GMOs across the world, yet GMOs did not satiate everyone’s appetite. Because of their chemical and artificial process, paired with institutions seeking to make a profit, much controversy has been raised in an an effort to reveal the darker side and realities of GMOS.

Biotechnology refers to technology in biology. Biotechnology modifies DNA or the genetic material of an organism to achieve a desired trait. GMOs are genetically modified organisms. This is when a person directly engineers the DNA. For example, food crops have been genetically modified by humans using conventional cultivation and propagation techniques. Biotechnology offers many health benefits and risks. Biotechnology can help with food production by helping plants become less vulnerable to drought, frost, insects, and viruses and by enabling plants to become competitive against weeds for soil nutrients. There are reports of few cases in which biotechnology has also improved the quality and the nutrition of foods by alternating their composition. Biotechnology in plants helps farmers increase crop yields. The plants are engineered to tolerate herbicides or attacks from pests such as insects and viruses. For example, two food plants been altered to produce modified oils: the soybean and canola plants. Industry officials reported that the modified soybean plant produces healthier oil; also stated that the canola plant was modified for laureate to cook the oil. Soybean oil is the most commonly used oil worldwide; scientist says that this new oil could significantly improve the health of millions of people. With good things come the risk and the risk for biotechnology is its potential risk to the environment and people. Some people fear that common plant pests could