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    Modern genetic engineering technologies are advancing, and genetically modifying a genome is becoming a reality. The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated system (CAS9) genome editing system is the most advanced in use. CRISPR can edit a genome more accurately and with higher precision than any other system. The intended use of the CRISPR/CAS9 system is to insert a gene, delete a gene, or silence a gene, leading to powerful applications (Christensen

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    information highway that is access from a hand held devices that have more processing power than the technology we use to fire ICBMs.It would seem absurd, but then all of it happened. Science fiction became our reality and we don't really think about it on a daily basis.Today we’re at a similar point with genetic engineering. Recently scientist has hit a huge innovation in which they have the means to modify genetic material which can change every aspect of an organism, now the question is should we use this

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    community and the general public. The question of whether or not genetic engineering is ethical and safe will be at the forefront of protest and controversy in the near future. Soon, it will be possible to edit and manipulate genes with remarkable efficiency, and it is foreseeable that one day, we will be able to edit our own genes as well as the genes of our children, creating so-called “designer babies”. We will we able to eliminate genetic diseases that have plagued family lines for years, artificially

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    Genetic Technologies Essay CRISPR Cas9 technology should be used to modify human and embryonic DNA. I support this claim because if we have the technology of CRISPR Cas9 and all of the advantages it entails to help people who want to have healthy children and to stop the inheritance of deadly genetic diseases, we should. CRISPR Cas9 has many advantages, but it has generated a lot of excitement in the scientific community because it is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more efficient than other

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    Crop Genetic Modification Biological basis 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. Important biology concepts in gene technology DNA is a molecule, which exists on the nucleus of every cell

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    this doesn’t seem realistic in this day and age, but this is what our world is heading towards due to enhancements in scientific knowledge, technology, equipment and experimentation. This enables these scientists to undergo the delicate process used to enhance the characteristics of the individual. This process is known as genetic engineering. The aim of genetic engineering is to add new genes that have not been found in the individual. This could involve changing a base pair A-T or C-G in the DNA

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    to withstand natural disasters, and to deliver preventative vaccination. Much of this technology exists due to the rapid development of genetic modification, and today’s genetically modified crops are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Says Robert T. Fraley, chief technology officer for biotech giant Monsanto, “It’s like computers in the 1960s. We are just at the beginning of the explosion of technology we are going to see." Biotechnology’s discontents are numerous and furious, declaring the

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    Genetic engineering is a complex environmental health issue that presents several benefits and risks to both consumers and the environment. Genetic engineering is a technique used to produce genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which are genetically altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination (WHO, 2014). In other words, genetic engineering is an unnatural cell invasion technology. This technology is used to grow genetically modified (GM) plants, which are

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    Genetic modification, otherwise referred to as recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology or gene splicing, has proven to be more precise, predictable and a better-understood method for the manipulation of genetic material than previously attained through conventional plant breeding. Agricultural applications of the technology have involved the insertion of genes of desirable agronomic traits into a variety of crop plants, and from a variety of biological sources. Examples include soybeans modified with gene

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    Genetic Engineering Genetic engineering is a new technology that is not utilized to its full potential. Often called modern biotechnology, genetic engineering can bring humanity into a better medical and agricultural age. Genetic engineering is an important scientific breakthrough because by altering DNA, scientists can improve food, create organs for transplant, and prevent certain diseases and birth defects. The field of genetic engineering has developed very quickly due to the greater understanding

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