Greg Essakow
B-2
May
10, 2002
Genetic engineering is a very interesting project. Genetic engineering is when a scientist uses
a certain technique to change the DNA of a living organism. DNA is commonly
looked at as a blueprint. The living
organism relies on the DNA for the management of the biochemical process. The
way an organism turns out when it is full matured it all depends on the DNA
make up of the organism. Scientist do Genetic engineering by taking a piece of
the plants DNA or other knows as they take a gene from the organism. By cutting the genes from these organism
scientists are learning how to customize a DNA from taking genes from other
organisms. The gene that scientist takes
and out it my fruit the Tomato is a fish gene which keep the tomato cold and
cool.
Genetic Engineering is a very
complex thing but when you think about it is all very logical. They put a fish gene is a tomato why would
they do that? Then you would think that that would be a bad idea but it isn’t it
helps the fruit and the way it grows.
With the fish gene inside it keep the tomato cold even though usually
tomato’s frost very easily. Since
tomato’s have this gene inside of them it helps the farmers because therefore
they tomato season will last longer because the tomato’s will be able to handle
the cold weather.
The size of the
environmental risk associated with the growing of genetically engineered crops
is relative the total area cultivated. In addition, there are ecological risks
associated with large-scale release that will not be detected by small-scale
studies. To fully understand these risks requires knowledge of the acreage of
genetically engineered crops. Another problem is antibiotic
resistance marker genes. For example
is a man is allergic to fish and he
picks up a tomato to eat and has no idea that there is a fish gene inside the
tomato and he eats it and then falls down dead what will they be able to do
about that thy will get sewed and maybe worse.
I think that genetic engineering is wrong in many ways. Why should scientist try and change the way a
fruit taste or even if they add more protein.
G-d has made the fruit the way it is for a reason and if he wanted it
any other way he would have done it that way.
These genes that they put in the fruits and vegetables can hurt
someone. People do not all now about the
genes and therefore might be allergic to them and from those genes get very
ill. So I think that if they were meant
to be without the extra gene then it should stay that way.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mothers for natural
law
What is genetic
engineering?
[WWW document]
(2001)
Ifgene
International
forum for Genetic Engineering
[WWW
document] (2 / 2002)
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