Understanding Biotechnology (Essay Sample)
Select one specific biotechnology that you are interested in learning more about. For your selected biotechnology address the following questions in the table provided.
What biotechnology did you select? Explain what it is and how it is used.
Identify two scientific discoveries that had to take place before your selected biotechnology could be developed.
Describe the two scientific discoveries that had to take place before your selected biotechnology could be developed. When and how did the discoveries that you described take place?
Identify two technologies that had to exist before your selected biotechnology could be developed.
Describe the two technologies that had to exist before your selected biotechnology could be developed. How long have the technologies that you described existed?
Identify and discuss two positives and two negatives of biotechnological advances. Are there any biotechnologies that you think should not be pursued? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
Minimum Submission Requirements
At least 500 words not counting the instructions, questions or reference pages.
Use a minimum of four sources (with at least one from the PG library).
Free of grammar, spelling and punctuation errors.
No evidence of plagiarism.
Use the APA style for all citations.
Be original and insightful with no more than 10% taken verbatim from any outside sources.
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What biotechnology did you select? Explain what it is and how it is used.
* Cloning is the chosen biotechnology in this study. Cloning entails the production of virtually identical copies of DNA of a biological entity either naturally or artificially (Fontes, 2013). Naturally, cloning occurs through single-celled organisms (Fontes, 2013). For example, bacteria produce through asexual production. Artificial cloning occurs in different types, namely reproductive, gene, and therapeutic cloning (National Human Genome Research Institute, 2021).
* Cloning has been mainly used and applied in developing treatments and understanding diseases in humans and animals (National Geographic, 2021). Treatments have occurred through the development of stem cells (Fontes, 2013).
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