Category Archives: Genetic Engineering

3 hours ago Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the bacteria in which the HZI scientists have studied the CRISPR-Cas system. Credit: HZI / M. Rohde Genome engineering with the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system in animals and plants is changing biology. It is easier to use and more efficient than other genetic engineering tools, thus it is already being applied in laboratories all over the world just a few years after its discovery. This rapid adoption and the history of the system are the core topics of a review published in the renowned journal Science. The review was written by the discoverers of the system Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, who works at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and is also affiliated to the Hannover Medical School and Ume University, and Prof. Jennifer Doudna from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Many diseases result from a change of an individual's DNA - the letter code that genes consist of. The defined order of the letters within a gene usually codes for a protein. Proteins are the workforce of our body and responsible for almost all processes needed to keep us running. When a gene is altered, its protein product may lose its … Continue reading →

GENETIC ENGINEERING: Cow/Pig CREATURE will be on your DINNER PLATE Hybrid cow/pig meat is threatening cities on a global level. Please watch, share, and write your congress persons. If this scientific experimentation on FOOD continues, mass deaths will occur. By: Total Vids Lists … Continue reading →

Islam, Genetic Engineering and Bioethics / Interview with Dr. Rana Dajani. By: TVIslamScience … Continue reading →

November 29, 2014 "Spider silk' is stronger than conventional silk and could b used for textiles TOKYO: Japanese scientists have developed through genetic engineering using genes from spiders and silkworms a super resistant silk which could be used for textiles as well as in the surgical field, media reported on Friday. Known as Spider Silk, which is stronger and smoother than conventional silk, it has been developed by researchers at Shinshu University, the Asahi daily newspaper reported. Masao Nakagaki from the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology was the first person, in 2007, to implant spider genes in silkworms, resulting in the production of silk which had some components of spider webs. Several years of research has now led to the development of spider silk which has less than 20 per cent of the components of spider webs. Several prototypes of socks have also been manufactured using this new material. It is expected that the hybrid silk would be used in the textile industry, and for manufacturing surgical threads and artificial blood vessels. The university reached an agreement with the local government to commercially produced the hybrid silk. Both institutions have decided to collaborate in areas of industrial development, training … Continue reading →

Advanced CRISPR Cas9 Genetic Engineering The CRISPR Cas9 system has been harnessed to create a simple, RNA programmable method to mediate genome editing in mammalian cells, and can be used to generate gene knockouts (via ... By: William Orfanos … Continue reading →

Genetic Engineering: The Super Banana Project for APES. By Sydney Hsueh and Jenny Lee. By: Sydney Hsueh … Continue reading →

Catholic Edge Genetic Engineering HD Video By: Austin Riordan. By: Anna Landis … Continue reading →

Might a GMO potato really be a better potato than can win over opponents of genetic engineering and feed the French fry minions? Image: J.R. Simply. J.R. Simplot won federal approval for a genetically modified potato on Nov. 7, and although it is a major supplier of french fries to McDonald's , don't worry about some GMO spud showing up in your Happy Meal. The fast-food chain says it has no plans on adopting it anytime soon. But that might not be the case for long. Simplot says that because its new potato is made from genes derived from potatoes themselves and not bacteria or genes from other species, thus creating some sort of Frankenfood, it doesn't rise to the same level of concern activists would have over some crops, or when they thwarted Monsanto's effort to propagate a GMO potato in the 1990's. Back then, Monsanto got the FDA to approve its New Leaf potatoes that were resistant to disease and insects through the development of a synthetic version of the bacillus thuringiensis bacterium, or Bt. After initial acclaim, the biotech charged high premiums for its seed, which limited adoption, and then ultimately went nowhere when McDonald's and the … Continue reading →

Genetic Engineering Mash Up By: Jon Peret … Continue reading →

UNIV 100 Genetic Engineering By: Zoe Murray … Continue reading →