QUESTION PROBLEM TOPIC 4

Choose 2 techniques of the modification of DNA, then give the advantages and disadvantages about it and give an explanation.

1. Transgenic Organism: I really have been thinking about the real advantages that the transgenic organism as a technique of modification of DNA. One of the advantages could be the advances on the sand of the transgenic. If you are a human being, eating this kind of organism could be very nutritive for you because the purpose of this modification is to add new characteristics, then you would eat the best food ever. One of the disadvantages is seeing it from the sand of the ethics and the religion is not very good if you try to transform the original organism to an “unreal” organism. Another advantage is the Great versatility in engineering, since the genes that are incorporated into the host organism can come from any species, including bacteria. Another advantage is for the Agronomic improvements on the production methodology and performance. But there is still a doubt that doubt is that for example you do not know if that organism that you are eating will make a feedback on you, that is the thing that for example actually people in Europe are saying that the transgenic organism are bad for the society because you do not know if there is an error what would happen in the earth.

2. Transgenic Foods: Green peace is promoting a lot of campaigns talking about the risk of modifying the vegetables and fruits because that land where you put the seem might destroy other natural and native plants and that will cause the erosion of the land in that space because a plant like that needs a lot of natural reserves and that stuff so the highest probability is that you find bad things on that kind of food. One advantage and I think is the only one for the consumers is that in the vegetable or in the fruit you are eating, there is a lot of nutritional facts so the transnacionals say that kind of food is good for your health. One and I think is the most important advantage for the agricultures is that you can produce more food in less time, then you will increase your capital.