Gene Technology

A Scientific Approach To Biotechnology




	Understanding Biotechnology

	What is Biotechnology
	Overview of Biotechnology
	Then and Now of Biotechnology
	History of Biotechnology
	Gene Technology
	What is a gene
	Gene Technology Techniques
	Genetic modification myths
	Genes code for proteins
	What is DNA
	Where is DNA
	The Full Set
	What does DNA look like
	What does DNA work
	DNA Unknown
	Why do we do biotechnology?

	Why do we do biotechnology?
	Biotechnology for ourselves
	Biotechnology for the environment
	Biotechnology for food and agriculture
	How do you do biotechnology?

	How do you do biotechnology
	Finding the gene you want
	Cutting and pasting genes
	Moving genes
	Reading and interpreting genes
	Cloning a gene
	Cloning plants
	Cloning animals
	Biotechnology Applications

	Human Uses
	Fighting infectious diseases
	Antibiotics
	Producing human products
	Reproductive technologies
	The human genome project
	Genetic disorders
	Gene therapy
	Cloning
	Stem cells
	Transplantation
	DNA profiling
	Environment
	Biological control of pests
	Protecting threatened species
	Resurrecting extinct species
	Cleaning up and managing
	Researching new products
	Food and Agriculture
	Feed Me
	A problem with weeds
	A problem with insects
	Other reasons to modify crops
	The international scene
	Genetically modified food labeling
	Health and Medical
	Biotechnology in medicines
	Clinical trials
	Gene therapy
	Genes and cancer
	What are ethics
	Benefits & Risks of Biotechnology

	Arguments for and against gene
	A nutritionist's view on GM foods
	Balance sheet 2020
	Sustaining the Food supply
	Biotechnology Resources

	Ethics of biotechnology
	Conferences and events
	Forums and Communities
	Biotechnology Websites
	Glossary of terms




	Gene Technology
	Gene technology involves the modification of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the chemical that makes up the genetic code of living things. The use of gene technology to produce a genetically modified organism may involve: eliminating a gene altering a gene adding extra copies of an existing gene adding a gene from another organism. The new or altered genes change the way in which cells function. This changes the characteristics of the organism. When DNA from an organism is modified using gene technology, the organism is then referred to as a genetically modified organism. The first mice to contain human DNA were born in 1976. How gene technology is carried out - work sheet [PDF 36kb \| 2 pages]