Making the products you buy. . . better? Biotechnology Making the products you buy. . . better?

Biotechnology: Any process that uses our understanding of living things to create a product. http://www.ncris.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/512FD9F0-E40D-4A95-85D2-4DAA0B5B218F/0/BiotechnologyProgenfacility2.JPG

Genetically modified products: Altering the DNA of an organism to get it to express different traits. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.peaceproject.com/graphics/dvds/larger/DVD51.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.peaceproject.com/books/dvd51.htm&h=425&w=301&sz=34&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=z2kXaaU36oWWsM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgenetically%2Bmodified%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX

Plasmid – circular piece of DNA found in bacteria Gene/Sequence of Interest - A piece of DNA that codes for a protein we want more of. (ex. the gene for human insulin) Plasmid – circular piece of DNA found in bacteria Recombinant DNA – DNA produced by combining DNA samples from different organisms. http://img.blogcu.com/uploads/kedicikkopekcik_insrton.jpg

Restriction Enzymes: Enzymes that cut DNA at certain sequences. http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/images/restriction.gif

Transformation: The changing of one strain of bacteria into another strain. This process can be completed using other organisms like plants. http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/jpitocch/genbio/plantplasmidtechn.JPG

Transgenic Organisms: Any organism whose genome incorporates and expresses genes from another organism of the same or a different species. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umaine.edu/bmmb/images/faculty/mayerrsrch3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.umaine.edu/bmmb/faculty/index.php/profile/greg_mayer&h=508&w=640&sz=126&hl=en&start=32&tbnid=3FrSMECBDttBMM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtransgenic%2Borganism%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

The Steps to Genetically Engineer an Organism

http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~mbi-ws/geneticengineering/how.htm

Examples of Bioengineered Products

Golden Rice http://www.goldenrice.org/Content4-Info/info4_media.html http://www.bairesbiotec.org.ar/images/speake1.jpg http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/varvel/biotech.protest.gif

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/rBGH.jpg http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milk_glass.jpg http://www.allfunpix.com/humor/pics/yodamilk.jpg

Spider Silk http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/spider/goat.jpg http://www.kevhopgood.co.uk/New%20Stuff/Spider-Goat.jpg http://rockgardn.easystorecreator.com/images/images_919/JRFJ-Front-LG.gif

Others Edible Vaccine Insulin Bt Crops http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~chyn/age2062/lect/lect_30/10_32.jpg Bt Crops http://go.ucsusa.org/images/btcrops.jpg http://www.engin.swarthmore.edu/~jlewis1/edible_vaccines_cover.JPG