Gene Technology

The experimentation of animals is very disagreeable in our society. It is cruel to animals and people with the work that goes into it. Testing on animals should be stopped because it is an unhelpful, unnecessary, and an expensive, time wasting, way of testing products.

“We can change animals faster and in more profound ways than nature does on its own, but the point is that there’s inherently sacred about a species genome- it’s an amorphous, ever changing thing.”(Anthes, 48) One of the biggest controversies of biotechnology is that people are getting God-like powers seems how now scientists are able to engineer new traits into animals. Is that wrong? Morally, maybe. The fact of the matter is whether it’s immoral or not, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years, but now just faster and actually more efficiently. Scientists don’t plan on worsening animals or abusing them. “If you’re going to modify a line of animals, the resultant animals should be no worse off from a welfare point of view – and preferably better.”(Bernard Rollin) If nations eventually accept biotechnology more openly, and simply apply regulations stating that one cannot produce an organism that is not better off than it was before. That would ensure the protection of animals from unnecessary handicapped lives, and then the FDA would be more comfortable with allowing these biotechnological advances to be released to the

A GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) is a laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species is extracted, then artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal. The foreign genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans. Example: The transgenic potato plants that have

According to the World Health Organization, genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination” (WHO). Genetically enhancing organisms is not a new process; humans have selectively bred

Since the inception of domestication approximately 10000 years ago, humans have been selectively breeding animals so that only their desirable traits remain, a process called artificial selection. Through artificial selection we have been creating species that perform tasks more efficiently and effectively, and serve our needs in a multitude of ways. Furthermore, the benefits of artificial selection are remarkably similar to genetically modified animals in many key ways. The increase in resilience, pharmaceutical benefits, and productivity are just a few of the many significant reasons why genetically modified animals should be supported and accepted in our world today.

When speaking about genetically modifying animals it is important to determine which level of modification is being used. The most common technique of genetically modifying animals, which has been around

Animals GMO can produce more of something or do something different than others, Spiders were modified to make more silk and cows to make more milk. There's Advantages to these modified animals such as silk, Scientist have put little bits of spider dna into goats so that every quart of milk they produce it gets purified and can be turned into ½ ounce of silk, the equivalent of 100

Genetic engineering techniques have been applied to various industries, with some success. Medicines such as insulin and human growth hormone are now produced in bacteria, experimental mice such as the oncomouse and the knockout mouse are being used for research purposes and insect resistant and/or herbicide tolerant crops have been commercialized. Plants that contain drugs and vaccines, animals with beneficial proteins in their milk and stress tolerant crops are currently being developed

Selective breeding has been around for centuries to improve the flaws of animals. In recent years, scientists have enhanced selective breeding into a whole new evolution of “transgenic” techniques where the genetic information of another organism is inserted into their genome (Bemis & Jo 2011). Despite the fact that transgenic animals are used to study diseases, there are some that argues that transgenic animals are disrespecting the rights of animals. This essay will further outline the both sides of transgenic animal with the question ‘Should transgenic animal with human DNA be permitted?’. The arguments for this includes animal used as a disease model, animal milk, animals’ rights and the side effect of xenotransplantation.

There are two sides to the morality of genetically modifying animals for the purpose of pharming and xenotransplantation: the potential benefits and the reality. Although genetic modification of mammals carries promises of being able to use said modified mammals as a source of materials used in pharmaceuticals or creating mammalian species with organs that can be transplanted in humans, the reality is that reproductive cloning in mammals has a low success rate.

Because of genetic modification, we have the opportunity to do many new and interesting things to different animals. Glowing fish, for example, are genetically modified to glow under a blacklight. Before, clear fish have been injected with dye that stains them different colors, but when these fish have offspring, they are clear fish. This happens because we have not altered their DNA, just added something to their appearance. GM animals, or pets are incredible feats of work. The fact that we are able to make a tiny pet pig or a glowing rat is

So far we have been focusing on plants and the environment. Did you know that animals have been genetically engineered? (Give background info perhaps?)

The article Transgenic Animals: Their Benefits To Human Welfare offers a very useful definition of genetically modified organisms or transgenic organisms. The three methods of creating a transgenic animal are also explained in detail. These three methods are DNA Microinjection, Retrovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer and Embryonic Stem Cell-Mediated Gene Transfer. The ethical debate behind the use of transgenic animal is also mentioned and notable counter-arguments are made. Even though comments are made on the ethical debate, no limitations or disadvantages of genetic engineering are discussed. The article concludes by stating that the use of transgenic organisms will benefit medical, agricultural and industrial sectors greatly in the future. This article relates to other articles researched in numerous ways. The manner in which transgenic organisms are seen to benefit the modern world are similar in each article, it

Gene technology also known as genetic engineering involves taking genes of one organism and putting it into another to have only certain desired characteristic and isolating others, which are undesirable (Forman, 2010). The process involves the manual addition of DNA to an organism and this adds one or more features that are not found on the plant.

Controversial genetic modifications are also being done on animals. A combination of genetic engineering and cloning is being used for the development of market animals modified for increased growth and reduced fat. GE animals are being developed as factories for the production of pharmaceuticals and as sources of organs for transplantation into humans. In order to overcome organ rejection problems pigs are being