can u answer these questions ?
1.Relate the use of genetic engineering to the treatment of human illnesses such as hemophilia.
2.Relate genetic engineering technique to the making of vaccines
3.List two ways in which DNA fingerprinting has been useful to society.
and 4!A student states that genetic engineering is perfectly safe and sound. What safety and ethical issues do you think might arise over the use of genetic engineering?
please help!!PLEASE

How does the CDC determine how influenza virus will likely mutate in order to develop vaccines for next year ?
How does the CDC determine how influenza virus will likely mutate in order to develop vaccines for next year seasonal flu? i know there are two encoded proteins in influenza a virus DNA which can are the most likely to mutate and the two that will cause the most trouble!
How can they determine though, what particular strain will be more likely? Is there some amino acids in each particular protein that may cause a significant change if changed in influenza virus?
is it a particular region of the genome? what exactly do they look at?

Which is NOT done routinely at present?

a) prenatal identification of genetic disease genes
b) introduction of genetically engineered genes into human gametes
c) production of viral proteins for vaccines
d) production of hormones for treating diabetes and dwarfism
e) genetic testing for carriers of harmful alleles

I think it is B but need to confirm it! Thanks tons!!

What are the chances of getting sick from getting the vaccine??

I know a lot of people say they get sick from getting vaccines

I have a Neapolitan Mastiff/Lab mix. She is epileptic and put on meds, the meds made it worse, the dr did a dna test and just said it was due to her breed. however, i heard that it could be due to vaccines so i stopped them and her seizure have become all but non-existent, however, when she has a "bad day" they’re non-stop until the next day, and than they vanish for months at a time, & than another bad spell of them. any idea as to what to do? i have a 6 mth old son, and i don’t want him to ask "what’s wrong with my puppy" when he’s old enough to understand. && its really hard for me and my boyfriend to watch, but i got her at a wk old, her eyes weren’t even open, the people i got her from were HORRIBLE!! i bottle fed her, she was POLLUTED with fleas, it was awful. i paid them, i wanted her so bad, just to give her a chance. she’s like my daughter, i would lay my life on the line for her, as she would me. i’ve been through a divorce and she was there, i was left by my boyfriend when i was 20wks pregnant and she was there. we’ve been through ALOT together, so "putting her down" or "getting rid of her" is almost not even an option!! so the negative remarks and smart assed advice isn’t needed or wanted. Any ideas as to WHY she would be seizing, WHAT i can do, or WHO i can get to help her?? thank you so much in advance!!! x.o.x.o

“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.

I was rather curious, because the theory of evolution is used extensively in forensic, legal and medical sciences.

In health care, phylogenetic analysis (studies of DNA sequences to infer their evolutionary relatedness, or genealogy) of a pathogen such as bird flu or West Nile virus can lead to vaccines and to guidelines for minimizing the disease’s transmission to and among people. A laboratory process called directed evolution that rapidly evolves proteins can improve vaccines and other useful proteins.

Among the theory of evolution’s successes are vaccines against human papillomavirus and the hepatitis C vaccines.

Also, Human papilomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the USA, 80% of all US adults are infected with it and it’s the sole cause of cervical cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus#Cancers

http://www.bellona.ru/enwl/Archive/2008/1229887463.58 (Source)

By having yourself vaccined from Heptatitus C or HPV, Would you be indirectly validating evolution? I mean, the modern-day vaccine wouldn’t exist without scientists knowledge of evolution?
@answer man

Evolution has absolutely everything to do with vaccines!

Can you not bother reading the article?

Radioactive or fluorescent-labeled RNA or single-stranded DNA pieces that are complementary to the gene of interest and are used to confirm the presence of a cloned gene are called
A. probes.
B. plasmids.
C. vaccines.
D. clones.

Which of the following procedures is not a usual step in a genetic engineering experiment?
A. inducing a mutation in a source chromosome
B. cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme
C. recombining pieces of DNA from different species
D. cloning and screening target cells

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.

The theory of evolution is used in forensic, medical sciences, curing diseases, vaccines and there are absolutely so many direct uses of evolution.

Including the creation of the Hepatitus C vaccine (See source below before saying "EVOLUTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH VACCINES")

Evolutionary analyses and criminal investigations hold the same goal of revealing historical events. Their fruitful combination awaited only the maturing of DNA-sequencing technology to provide large data sets, robust quantitative methods, and enlightened integration of science and the legal system.

As with many applications of evolution, the concept of molecular clocks plays a vital role.

Changes in many DNA sequences occur at roughly predictable rates over time, forming the basis for molecular clocks. The clocks for two regions of DNA, however, can run at markedly different rates. In the early 1980s geneticists discovered regions of human DNA that evolve very rapidly, and scientists soon pressed these fast-evolving regions into service as genetic markers-unique identifiers of individuals, like fingerprints but with greater detail-in criminal cases and in paternity testing.

That’s just one of many examples in this article

http://www.bellona.ru/enwl/Archive/2008/1229887463.58

I just cannot imagine, how you could approach an evolutionary biologist, phylogenetic analysist or anybody whom works in many fields of medical science.

Whom view natural and accelerated evolution happening under microscopes under their eyes almost everyday.

And then tell them, no evolution does not exist. Because the bible says so.

How do you do that?