Genetically Modified Organisms

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Genetically Modified Organisms

• Mrs. Andersons 3rd Block
• Fall 2005

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So Different, Same DNA
Corey B.

• This small mural shows how corn and people are
  linked by their DNA. Both corn and people are
  living things with A, T, G, and C. The computer
  can be used to help the scientists calculate how
  much DNA to take out of the corn.

http//www.intage.co.jp/express/micjapancom/market
/0007/repm.html
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GM Mosquitoes
Devin A.

• Mosquitoes bite people all over the world. Some
  people get the disease malaria from their
  mosquito bites. Scientists are trying to make
  mosquitoes that either cant pass the disease on
  or cant get infected with the disease
  themselves. Scientists think that they would
  only have to create a few of these special
  mosquitoes and their genes would be passed on
  when they mate in the wild.

http//pewagbiotech.org/buzz/display.php3?StoryID
115
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Glowing Red Fish
Dedre H.
Yorktowne Technologies has bred these and
infected them with a gene to give them their
red color. Although they are pretty, they were
created with a purpose. Their color is only
supposed to show when there are certain chemicals
in the water. When they change color, the
scientists know that the chemical level in the
water is getting too high. Really these fish are
pollution detectors.
http//www.newscientist.com/article.ns?iddn4411
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Take a Shot or Eat a Banana?
Zach A.

• We might get that choice sometime soon.
  Scientists are working on a way to insert the
  polio vaccine in to bananas. When people eat the
  bananas they get vaccinated at the same time. I
  dont know about you, but Ill take the bite.

http//facstaff.uwa.edu/dsalter/cell20biology20F
02/Scientific20American20Edible20Vaccines.htm
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Oliver
Chris I.

• This is Oliver. He is a chimpanzee that was
  first seen in the 1970s. Some people think he is
  a cross between a human and a chimp. But nobody
  wants to come forward and say for real. His
  chromosomes were looked at, but the scientist
  could tell. He smokes cigarettes, doesnt like
  to socialize with other chimps, and always walks
  on two legs. I wonder what we would get if we
  did take some human DNA and put it in a chimpor
  the other way around. I really think Oliver has a
  human father and a chimp mother.

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