Scientists developed a set of guidelines to address the safety of DNA technology. Which of the following is one of the adopted safety measures?

A)Microorganisms used in recombinant DNA experiments are genetically crippled to ensure that they cannot survive outside of the laboratory.
B)Genetically modified organisms cannot be part of our food supply.
C)Transgenic plants are engineered so that the plant genes cannot hybridize.
D)Experiments involving HIV or other potentially dangerous viruses have been banned.
E)Recombinant plasmids cannot be replicated.

Simply put, in order to talk of life, both the data bank we call DNA, and the machines to carry out production by reading the data in the bank have to co-exist. To the surprise of scientists, enzymes, which read DNA and carry out production accordingly, are themselves produced according to the codes in DNA. This means that there is a factory in the cell that both makes many different types of products, and also manufactures the robots and machines that carry out this production. The question of how this system, which would be of no use with a minor defect in any of its mechanisms originated, is by itself enough to demolish the theory of evolution. Evolutionist Douglas R. Hofstadler, states his despair in the face of this question:
‘How did the Genetic Code, along with the mechanisms for its translation (ribosomes and RNA molecules), originate?’ For the moment, we will have to content ourselves with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than with an answer.

Can The Theory Of Evolution Explain How Did The DNA Originate?
To: secretsauce: It looks like questions keep repeating themselves and piling up because evos. don’t have answers for them. Do you?

Hopefully you have a major in biotech, genetics, and/or microbiology, or if you have a job in any of those fields, or your a scientist in that field, or a professor, I was wondering if it would be possible to change the bacteria to infect humans instead of plants and by doing so, we can put specific genes in the bacteria such as insulin gene for diabetics, stronger immune system, etc. In other words could we use gm agrobacterium as gene therapy vectors? Would this be possible?

For those of you asking WTF is an agrobacterium, its a tumor inducing, Ti, bacteria that infects dead plant cells which in turn infect other adjacent plant cells by incorporating its own DNA into the DNA of the plant cell. Scientists use these bacterias by recombining its DNA, putting in a gene into the bacteria, a gene useful in a plant, and then allowing the bacteria to incorporate its DNA with nearby plant cells in order to grow better plants.

Plz answer, I’m a high school senior who plans on majoring in biotech, genetics, and microbiology and have nothing to brag about on my resume. So I need something to impress this university I want to get in to which is to create gm agrobacterium that infects the human genome as a vector for gene therapy.

Therapy vs. Enhancement
Scientists in New Jersey have recently inserted a gene to create a mouse with increased capacity for learning and memory — basically, a gene that increased the animal’s intelligence quotient (IQ).
Normal, average human IQ is about 100. Sometimes IQ can go up to the 130s, 140s, 150s, etc. An IQ of about 70 or below is considered to indicate mental disability.

Although currently, it is highly theoretical and perhaps impossible, it might in the far future become possible to insert a human gene identified through the Human Genome Project to increase human IQ by 30 points. Consider these two scenarios:

A couple has a 5-year-old son with Downs syndrome with an IQ of 70. They want to use gene therapy to insert a gene to increase the IQ of their son from 70 to 100 in order for him to function normally. This is considered gene therapy, where technology is used to help a person function better.

A second couple has a 5-year-old son with an IQ of 120. They want to use the technology to bring their son’s IQ up to 150. They feel he would have a better chance to get accepted to a more prestigious university. This is called gene enhancement, where technology is used to help a person who is already at or above functioning levels to enhance a particular characteristic even more.

For a science project on the effects of temperature on yeast fermentation, I must provide any background information that surrounds the topic.

Basically, does anyone have any specific examples of scientists (or civilizations) testing this process? I know that the topic is pretty much figured out but I haven’t found any one scientist who published work on it, it seems like the process was sort of picked up as the centuries of wine making went by, is this the case?

Thank you!

“Being Blonde”
Ashley is a scientist and she on the verge of discovering the secret to immortality. When the world is coming to an end with various flu viruses spreading around, the scientists are working on a cure for the flu’s which are spreading. It turns out that what she discovered will change the fate of humanity so she tries to tell her theory to other scientists, but they keep blowing her off because she’s blonde and young. With the help of her friend, she tries to alert the world of what is to come, but no one listens to her. Meanwhile, there is this other scientist, a very successful male one at that, named Malcolm. Malcolm is the same age as Ashley, is brunette and is extremely smart. Even though they both have the same IQ level, the scientists hand over the responsibilities of the life-saving vaccines to Malcolm. Ashley is crushed by this, but is determined to hand over the DNA of immortality over to Malcolm. He won’t accept it at first, being he doesn’t take her seriously as she is always perky and makes jokes out of almost everything, and her Dad is the CEO of the company who gave her the job. Ashley tries to prove them wrong by showing them how the immortality drug affects rats, but when she gives it to the rat it dies on the table. She is able to figure out in her head why the rat died, and says that it will work on humans. The scientists laugh it off and demote her to assistant, even though people are still dying of this flu. Malcolm tells Ashley that it’s nothing personal and gives her advice on how to get her position back; he admits being jealous of Ashley and they form a friendship. Ashley takes Malcolm to a sorority party and both of them stumble into work the next day drunk, and after both of them receive a warning notice, Ashley knocks over the immortality drug mistakenly. Malcolm picks it up from the floor and it seeps into his hands, making him very sick because of the bacteria on the floor mixing with it the wrong way, being the drug has to be clean. Ashley kisses Malcolm on what seems to be his death bed, but he is revived after an emergency surgery to get the drug out of his system. Replacing Malcolm, a brunette girl named Jennifer is put into action, and she immediately takes a disliking to Ashley after Ashley admits to her she’s in love with Malcolm, who just so happens to be Jennifer’s ex-fiance. Jennifer steals the immortality drug and shows it to the scientists, and they believe her. During a press conference she is unable to explain the drug so Ashley, realizing no one will ever take her seriously, is able to help her out by saying what Jennifer apparently ‘meant’ to say. Jennifer later hands over the formula to Ashley and Ashley gets millions of dollars for it, a managing spot back at the company, and apology from the scientist and Malcolm’s heart. She buys the company from her Father for five million dollars and fires the people main scientists who doubted her. The End.
1.) Would this be a novel you would read? Why?
2.) What do you think the moral is, if their is one?
3.) Any suggestions? What point of view should it be in, do you like the names, do you think any other characters are necessary, should Ashley be girly, etc.?
4.) What do you think of this plot for a novel? Would you read it?
Long answers appreciated. I will give 10 points for the best answer and I will not let it go to voting. Thank you!
- OCD.
To the third person – You don’t know what it’s like to be blonde; everyone thinks you’re a stupid bimbo.
- OCD.

If there are any scientists here, please tell me your opinion of this article I saw online:

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"Do faith in God and science contradict?"

Science is defined as “the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.” Science is a method that mankind can use to gain a greater understanding of the natural universe. It is a search for knowledge through observation. Advances in science demonstrate the reach of human logic and imagination. However, a Christian’s belief in science should never be like our belief in God. A Christian can have faith in God and respect for science, as long as we remember which is perfect and which is not.

Our belief in God is a belief of faith. We have faith in His Son for salvation, faith in His Word for instruction, and faith in His Holy Spirit for guidance. Our faith in God should be absolute, since when we put our faith in God, we depend on a perfect, omnipotent, omniscient Creator. Our belief in science should be intellectual and nothing more. We can count on science to do many great things, but we can also count on science to make mistakes. If we put faith in science, we depend on imperfect, sinful, limited, mortal men. Science throughout history has been wrong about many things, such as the shape of the earth, powered flight, vaccines, blood transfusions, and even reproduction. God is never wrong.

Truth is nothing to fear, so there is no reason for a Christian to fear good science. Learning more about the way God constructed our universe helps all of mankind appreciate the wonder of creation. Expanding our knowledge helps us to combat disease, ignorance, and misunderstanding. However, there is danger when scientists hold their faith in human logic above faith in our Creator. These persons are no different from anyone devoted to a religion; they have chosen faith in man and will find facts to defend that faith.

Still, the most rational scientists, even those who refuse to believe in God, admit to a lack of completeness in our understanding of the universe. They will admit that neither God nor the Bible can be proved or disproved by science, just as many of their favorite theories ultimately cannot be proved or disproved. Science is meant to be a truly neutral discipline, seeking only the truth, not furtherance of an agenda.

Much of science supports the existence and work of God. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.” As modern science discovers more about the universe, we find more evidence of creation. The amazing complexity and replication of DNA, the intricate and interlocking laws of physics, and the absolute harmony of conditions and chemistry here on earth all serve to support the message of the Bible. A Christian should embrace science that seeks the truth, but reject the “priests of science” who put human knowledge above God.

Choose the molecules in eukaryotic cells that regulate gene expression.

A. recombinant DNA
B. transcription factors
C. ATP
D. polymerase factors

Specialization takes place when cells in your hair follicles produce the protein keratin, which is a primary component of hair, while cells in your liver do not produce keratin. Why does this specialization occur?

A. Hair follicle cells contain different genes from liver cells.
B. Different types of genes are activated in liver cells and hair follicle cells.
C. Hair follicle cells do not produce DNA, but liver cells do.
D. Hair follicle cells contain recombinant DNA.

What is the best explanation for why scientists involved in biotechnology sometimes insert the DNA of one organism into a second organism?

A. to increase meiosis
B. to create a new species
C. to make more efficient cell organelles
D. to cause the second organism to produce proteins

What have scientists discovered about the human genome?
A. Humans have about 120,000 genes
B. Most human DNA is noncoding
C. Humans are 50% related to each other.
D. Human genes are not similar to those of other animals.

24. What role does electrophoresis play in identifying a specific gene?
A. It cuts the gene of interest out of DNA at specific points.
B. It kills all cells that have not taken up the gene of interest.
C. It binds the gene of interest with probes.
D. It separates DNA fragments by size.

25. The risk associated with traditional vaccines prepared from disease-causing agents is that
A. one may get the actual disease.
B. the antibodies that result may not work.
C. the vaccine protects only against other diseases.
D. unknown diseases may be created.

[004:119] "and I will seduce them, and will insinuate vain desires into them, and I will command them and they shall cut off the ears of cattle; and I will command them and they shall change God’s creature". But whoever taketh Satan for his patron, besides God, shall surely perish with a manifest destruction.
The quoted lines are of Satan……
One can take the verse literary and say it just means to cut the ears and thus modifying Allah’s/God’s creation. But ppl dont cut cattle’s ears do they?

Scientists have cloned animals from ear cells so could the verse relate to cloning and plastic surgery(for the bad) such as gender alteration etc etc?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11058438
http://robby.nstemp.com/custom.html

What do you guys think of it?
I know im gonna get some pretty ‘nice’ answers on this but try not to be too offensive
scot girl..i know that Not all plastic surgeries are bad thats why i used parenthetic in front of plastic surgery (for the bad) to make my point. Notice it?
lol and dogs aren’t characterized as cattle lol. Cattle includes goats, cows, lamb etc etc
but it mostly means cows