Uses of genetic engineering?

Question

If so may you please describe them, or even give a website/s

Answer 1

I'm a great believer in genetic engineering for the purpose of giving women bigger b*****s and smaller arses...all for it. And we can start eliminating the ginger-hair gene from the gene pool whilst we're at it...

Answer 2

Had a test  on this last term so i should know a little!

we use genetic engineering for...

GM foods

Genetically modifying animals

Creating bacteria that WE want

altering a virus or disease ( such as mad cow disease)

A well we could use it for cloning :)

Answer 3

PRODUCTION OF HUMAN PROTEINS:-

Human growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and regulates growth. some children lack the hormone so that they do not grow properly, unless they are treated with the hormone. Using genetic engineering, the gene for human growth hormone has been inserted into the bacterial cells and produced on a large scale.

Similarly, human insulin is now being produced on a large scale.

IMPROVED CROP PLANTS:-

The bacterium 'Agrobacterium Tumefaciens' has a large plasmid (Ti plasmid) that becomes incorporated into the genome of a plant when it infects the plant. This bacterium is used as a gene-transfer vector. Genetic engineers use restriction enzymes to insert the required gene into the Ti plasmid, thus introducing foreign genes into the plant. Disease-resistance gene and herbicide-resistance gene have thus been inserted in crop plants to improve them. fields can be sprayed with the herbicides, but only the weed species will die, since the genetically engineered crop plants are resistant to it.

BREEDING DISEASE-RESISTANT PLANTS:-

Virus-resistant plants are now being produced by gene transfer. Agrobacterium has been used to transfer genes to tomato and tobacco plants to make them resistant to the disease TMV.

BREEDING INSECT-RESISTANT PANTS:-

The bacterium 'Bacillus Thuringiensis' has a toxin gene which produces a protein which is toxic to insects. plants have been engineered which carry the gene for the toxin. the toxin gene from B. Thuringiensis has been inserted into the tobacco plant, so that it has become resistant to insects. -- reduce use of agrochemicals such as herbicides and pesticides since crops can be made resistant to particular herbicides, or can be made to contain toxins that kill insects

CLEAN UP SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS AND WASTE MATERIALS - BIOREMEDIATION

POTENTIAL for use of gene technology to treat genetic diseases such as CF (Cystic Fibrosis) and SCID (Severe Combined Immune Deficiency) as well as in cancer treatment.

Other source(website):

library.thinkquest.org