The Development And Production Of Golden Rice

No antibacterial compounds are available resistant to this disease but genetic engineering has developed the first trees to resist this devastating disease and increased the consumption level. Specific foods have been developed to correct malnutrition problems. To this end, plants have been modified to provide increased and more stable quantities of essential amino acids, vitamins, or desirable fatty acids. For example, golden rice has been genetically modified to increase beta-carotene content which may help to overcome the severe vitamin A deficiencies that cause blindness and iron. Plants can also be genetically modified to grow well in areas of low production potential. For example, two researchers in Mexico inserted a gene from a bacterium into papaya and tobacco to produce acid-tolerant crops. The crops thus secrete citric acid from their roots by combining with toxic metals which in turn making the soils accessible to protect the tropical forests which contain most of the world’s species of plants and animals. Genetic engineering also helps to decrease or eliminate the allergenic proteins that occur naturally. For example, it has been already used to reduce the levels of major allergen in rice and peanuts. Genetic engineering brings closer the prospect of commercial production in plants of edible vaccines and therapeutics for preventing and treating human diseases like cancer and diabetes. The genetically derived vaccines are potentially

Genetically transferring genes from one organism to another may sound like something in a sci-fi movie, but now it is happening more than ever. Snipping desired traits from various

The creation of a transgenic animal in this case a mouse can be divided in four crucial steps. First the development of the transgenic construct, second its preparation for integration with the pronucleus of fertilized mouse embryo, third screening and identification of transgenic founder mice and last successful breeding of founder

Transgenesis is the process of inserting foreign DNA from one species into a different species. A transgenic organism describes an organism which has undergone transgenesis and contains

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

Biotechnology is the application of scientific techniques and exploitation of biological processes used to improve and modify animals, plants and microorganisms to enhance their value through genetic manipulation. Over time, advances in the field of molecular biology has allowed scientists to take a particular gene from any organism, including, bacteria, viruses, plants or animals, and introduce those genes into another organism. An organism transformed using genetic engineering techniques is known as transgenic organism (Independent learning center, 2012). This paper discusses the positive and negative effects of genetically engineered organisms in agricultural applications and the Canadian regulation or legislation that relates to this issue.

Transformation is any change in an organism that alters its general character. It means “change caused by gene.” (biology-online.org) Genetic engineering is the process of manually adding new DNA to an organism. The main goal of genetic engineering is to add one or more new traits that the organism does not already have. ( ) There are many benefits of genetic engineering. With genetic engineering many illnesses and diseases can easily be prevented by isolating the gene that causes them. Also, genetic engineering has the ability to increase genetic diversity and pinpoint desirable traits of certain organisms. There are also various disadvantages of genetic engineering. For example, the process of genetic engineering is a long process that is risky and tricky. You need a variety of information in order to attempt the process. There is also debate about genetic engineering. Some people believe that it messes with the moral issues in religion.( )

In recent decades, there have been many advances in technology, specifically in the field of genetic engineering, that allows precise control over changing the genes in an organism. Today, it is possible to incorporate new genes from one species into a completely unrelated species through genetic engineering. The

To make it easier to study certain diseases, transgenic animals have been developed to have a particular gene that

In research, organisms are genetically engineered to discover the functions of genes of interest, and to modify and create new organisms.

A transgenic organism, or genetically modified organism, is any organism whose DNA has been changed using genetic engineering techniques. Organisms may be genetically modified for any number of reasons. Genetic engineering may be done to improve the organism's health, to add immunity to specific threats, or to make a certain trait more dominant. An example of a transgenic organism is the GloFish, a genetically engineered fluorescent fish.

Analyse information from secondary sources to identify examples of the use of transgenic species and use available evidence to debate the ethical issues arising from the development and use of transgenic species.

Genetic engineering and transformation is the “modification of an organism's original genetic composition by artificial means”(Genetic Engineering 2016). Genetic engineering and transformation involves the swapping of traits and genes between organisms to create a genetically modified organism or GMO. Genetic engineering has it’s advantages which include the prevention of disease by isolation of the gene that causes the disease, being able to take the “desirable traits” of one organism and implanting them into another, and genetic engineering can increase diversity in plants and animals by creating alleles that can be given to different species of organisms according to the Asia-Pacific Economics Blog (Apecsec.org 2014). Unfortunately, genetic

Many poor villages in Asia and Africa have been lacking vitamin A from their meals. Golden rice has been a great source of vitamin A for those who are lacking in it. Since it is like rice, they can use it as a normal staple food that would help them more than normal rice. Beta-carotene is used to genetically modify rice into golden rice filled with vitamin A, making it a deep yellow, or golden. This could help cure the temporary blindness some are getting from the lack of vitamin A. According to the article “In A Grain Of Golden Rice, A World Of Controversy Over GMO Foods” by Dan Charles, “Millions of people in Asia and Africa don’t get enough of [vitamin A], so this [golden] rice has become the symbol of an idea: that genetically engineered crops can be a tool to improve the lives of the poor.” This quote demonstrates that the abundance of vitamin A in golden rice has helped the people of the poor who may lack in a specific nutrient, or for this case, vitamin

Genetic engineering is the latest experimental practice used in the world of biomedical research. This practice refers to humans modifying an animals’ genetic component in order to express a particular trait (Dale et al). The scientific community calls the animals produced by this practice as transgenic animals in order to distinguish between its wild type relative. This innovative technology paved ways for medical breakthroughs, along with the expansion of human understanding towards the mechanisms of prevalent diseases. As a result, research in the pharmaceutical industry has also been aided by genetic engineering. The ability for transgenic animals to model human diseases allow humans to have a molecular understanding in regards to the effectiveness and safety of the drug (Dennis). Besides understanding diseases, genetic engineering is also used in organ transplantation research (Dale et al).