Essays on Genetic Engineering

People have been naturally genetically modifying plants for thousands of years. While this hasn’t caused any adverse health issues in humans, it is proven that genetically modified crops and their consumption have shown traces of some unwanted health issues. Although genetic engineering is a common...

With genetic engineering, genetically modified foods (GM foods) are produced by inserting new genes into an organism’s original DNA. This can improve the quality and quantity of food. It has therefore been suggested to solve the problem of famine in the Third World, which concerns...

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) GMOs are transgenic organisms carrying foreign genes either from virus, bacteria, plants, humans in order to improve their genetic structure for particular purposes. In this procedure the beneficial or gene of interest is identified which is then isolated and multiplied and...

Research in biological pest management in agroecosystems and general plant crops is one of the essential parts of ensuring a viable crop yield as well as sustainability of the crop field and the surrounding environment. Involving myself in specialized research with pests that cause substantial...

Despite the importance of CNVs, a systematic and standardized way of detecting CNVs is still in its early phases of being developed. One of the main reasons for this is because identifying CNVs is a challenging task. For instance, detecting regions where CNVs are located...

How can genetic engeniering help cure Parkinson’s disease? The Parkinson’s disease ended many lives, plenty of people have suffered from this disease. The Parkinson disease is a genetically inherited disease, Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes...

The gene RASGRF2 codes for a protein involved in neuron signalling, including the dopamine reward pathways of the brain. Previous research has shown that at least the “RASGRF2 rs26907” variant is associated with binge drinking and mice engineered to have their version of the same...