The use of recombinant DNA technology can only benefit human
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Aug 18 2003
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
James Fung 20thMarch,2002 Biology coursework --- The use of recombinant DNA technology can only benefit human Introduction The use of recombinant of DNA technology, which involves taking a gene from one species and splicing it into another, is becoming widely use than ever. It is beneficial to people. It improves the life of people as well as the quality of living. On the other hand, it brings lots of moral and ethical concerns to the world. So in my own opinion, we shouldn't say that the use of recombinant DNA technology only benefits human. Discussion Nowadays, genetic engineering has been adopted in many fields especially for medical and agricultural purposes. Curing genetic diseases Patients with a genetic disease can now be cured entailing gene therapy. e.g. the lungs with cystic fibrosis produce thick mucus that provides a growth medium for bacteria and viruses. By gene therapy, which is to insert the normal...

