Friday, January 15, 2010 00:00
Foto por Magnus Manske One of the races of the [Science " what? So everything is] future jobs: what could I do? is pharmer that grow GM crops and livestock, not only produce food but also to produce drugs went to visit St. George's Medical School in London, and in this video, Professor Julian Ma and his team and genetically engineered plants to produce creams snuff for HIV infection.
Professor Ma objective is to change the genes of plants snuff so naturally produce drugs for diseases such as HIV / AIDS and tuberculosis. In this video, which explains the processes that he and his team used in their research.

pharmer Video Transcript
The science behind
pharmer Genetics is the study of genes. Together, these genes are like a set of instructions a living being used to build the proteins it needs. Sequence DNA one person has more than 20,000 genes. Genetic engineering is when the genetic code of an organism is directly changed by human intervention . Often, scientists like Professor Ma do this by inserting genes from a different type of organism in the organism's genetic code to be changed and, using a gene gun, a very small needle, or a bacteria or virus.
The future is now

If this sounds crazy, and scientists are using genetic engineering to produce wonderful things. Insulin for people with diabetes has been produced by genetically modified bacteria since 1978, and Gold Project rice has been the creation of rice fortified with vitamin A to help give people in the developing world a rice-based diet improved nutritional intake.
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