Category Archives: Genetic Engineering

04 Genetic Engineering cont By: tawkaw OpenCourseWare … Continue reading →

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Student Work:Genetically Modified Organisms:ChiChi (G8) After learning about genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms, grade 8 students were asked to write a script and create a GMO animation to discuss the ethical implications of... By: Springs Pacelli … Continue reading →

College Prep English at EIE May 29, 2014 Oratory practice: discussion of genetic engineering. By: Abacus Ed … Continue reading →

With a little genetic engineering, the vaccine that was key in helping eradicate smallpox more than 30 years ago could also be key in curing cancer, if a young Cleveland biotech has anything to say about it. Western Oncolytics is developing a dual-mechanism therapy that combines oncolytic virus and gene therapy technologies with the hope of wiping out the ability of cancer cells to survive in the body. CEO Kurt Rote is a first-time entrepreneur, but you wouldnt know it from talking to him. After getting a biomedical engineering degree from Duke and moving to Switzerland to get an MBA, he worked for a short time at a small biotech firm before deciding to risk everything to realize a personal dream of curing cancer. In pursuit of bleeding-edge technology, he started making calls to university researchers.I went down a list of NIH grants and talked to as many of them as possible, he said. I wanted to go where the science led me. Where it led him was to the office of Stephen H. Thorne at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center, who had been studying oncolytic viruses for years. Oncolytic viruses are genetically modified to infect and kill cancer … Continue reading →

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LW Genetic Engineering This video is about Genetic engineering 2. By: Liz Wigdahl … Continue reading →

Court decision keeps NZ GE-free A recent High Court decision is a victory for New Zealand consumers, farmers and foresters, says the Soil & Health Association. The High Court ruled against a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that two new plant breeding techniques were not genetic engineering techniques. Soil & Health welcomes the court ruling. Without it New Zealand would have lost its status and international reputation as a producer of GE-free food and fibre. If the EPAs decision had not been challenged and found wanting, plants bred using these GE techniques could have been planted in New Zealand without any public consultation or monitoring of their effects, said Marion Thomson, co-chair of Soil & Health. There are other new techniques like this, and they must all be thoroughly and independently scrutinised and the precautionary principle applied. Otherwise, its an uncontrolled experiment that could have adverse effects for people, animals and the environment. The High Court ruled that the EPA had misinterpreted the law and that it had failed to apply the precautionary principle. Soil & Health is concerned about the ability of the EPA to protect our environment, says Thomson. We commend the Sustainability Council for challenging … Continue reading →

Genetic engineering 2 Genetic engineering 2 Produced by Partners for sustainable Development -- PSD -- Palestine - http://psdpal.org. By: PSD Channel … Continue reading →

B3 Selective Breeding and Genetic Engineering Revision video for OCR unit B3. By: Lucy Owen … Continue reading →