1. Reminders Unit 7 Exam- Friday, February, 24th
Last day to turn in ANY Unit 7 Work- Friday, February 24th
Assignments completed for Unit 7:
DNA Paper Model
DNA Replication Game
DNA Model
DNA Dan
Card Mutation Activity

2. Unit 7: Molecular Genetics
7.6 Biotechnology

3. Biotechnology
The application of biological organisms, systems, or processes by various industries to learning about the science of life and the improvement of the value of materials and organisms such as pharmaceuticals, crops, and livestock.

4. Genetic Engineering

5. Genetic Engineering
The process of manipulating genes for practical purposes.

6. Question:
If you had the option to change your genes, would you? Why?

7. Genetic Engineering
May change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species
Uses molecular cloning, which is inserted into a “host” organism, such as bacteria.

8. What do you think? Would you genetically engineer your child? Why?
Do you think it is morally correct to genetically change a human? Why?
Do you think it is morally correct to genetically change a plant? Why?
Do you think there should be laws to govern genetic engineering?

9. Application of Genetic Engineering
Genetically Engineered drugs and medicines
Using bacteria to produce proteins that the body does not make
Antigens of harmful viruses can be inserted onto harmless viruses and injected into humans

10. Application of Genetic Engineering
Genetically Engineered Crops:
Drought resistant
Plants adapted to different environments
Resistance to weed killers, pesticides, or insects
Improving nutritional value

11. Application of Genetic Engineering
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats): a genetic engineering tool that uses DNA and associated proteins to edit the base pairs of genes. (

12. Application of Genetic Engineering
Epigenetics: the study of heritable changes in gene expression that are influenced by external factors.