References

http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/intellect_and_entertain/assets/genetic_engineering_run_amok.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering

http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/ge.html

http://www.globalchange.com/geneticengin.htm

Examples of Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering is used in, animals, food, medicine, forestry and cloning.

Some examples of genetic engineering are:

Mixing a scorpion's poison and a cabbage.

Mixing a spiders web with a lady bug.

Mixing a bird and a dog.

Ethical and Social issues

It messes with the process of nature. Some people think that vegetarians and some religions may be offended with this mixture. For example, vegetarians could eat lettuce that has had pigs genes put into it. Some people believe that genetic engineering give companies bigger power over the process of nature and how it works.

Applications and History

The first people to use and discover genetic engineering were Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen in 1973. The very first genetically engineered medicine was human insulin created in 1982. The first genetically engineered vaccine was in 1987, it was for hepatitis B. One of the greatest genetic engineering bonuses was the creation of GMO's for food. They keep food lasting longer and keep insects and bacteria from infecting the food.

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering is defined as a labratory technique that scientists use to change the DNA of a living organism. It is taking a gene from one organism and putting it into another. For example: a scorpions poison may be taken and put into a cabbage so that insects do not attack the cabbage. Genetic Engenireeing is not like cross breeding because in cross breading the same species are used, in Genetic Engineering any organism is crossed with another organism. Genetic Engineering is one of science's greatest inventions.