The Pros And Cons Of Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering is considered as a dominant and quite dangerous set of tool. It is the process in which the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid which makes up the genes for all living things) is extracted from one organism to put it in another organism’s DNA, therefore it introduces in hereditary traits into the receiver organism (“How Stuff Works”). The nature and characteristics of all living things are determined by special combinations of genes that are carried in their cells, therefore the least changes or alteration can bring a major amount of changes in an organism and its offspring (“How Stuff Works”). Genetic Engineering does not only consist in plants, animal breeding and fertilization of crops it also includes polyploidy (organism which two sets of homologous chromosomes), mutagenesis (process in which the organisms genetic material is changed in sable manner that causes mutation), and cell fusion techniques which does not involve recombinant nucleic acid or genetically modified organism in the process (Wikipedia). Cloning and stem cells also do take a part in Genetic Engineering (Wikipedia).

Advances in Genetic Engineering are also playing an important role for agricultural and economic welfare. GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms), the prospect of Genetic engineering amongst agricultural brought some benefits like increasing crop yields, reduction cost for food and drug manufacturing, moderates the needs for pesticides, improved the configuration of nutrients and food quality, great amount of food safety and provides medical benefits the world’s increasing population (“Nature”). Advances have also been made in unindustrialized crops that have the ability to mature faster and endure aluminum, boron, salt, drought, ...

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...ibiotic resistant genes (ThinkQuest). The resistant genes are then used to separate the bacteria, which have not taken up the plasmids (ThinkQuest). The scientist simply takes the suitable antibiotic; this allows the surviving bacteria to be virtually guaranteed (causing impulsive mutation) for processing new genes. The final step in which the scientist allows the successfully alternated bacteria to grow and reproduce. This way it can be used in experiments or put in industrial use (ThinkQuest). Therefore, the bacteria can is allowed to evolve own its own, with the help of “selection pressure” provided by the scientist to make more proteins. By the power to use of “natural selection” the bacteria will overtake many of its early generations leading the advancement in genes and medicine. Some people and scientist heavily impose the plasmid method.