What is your opinion on the topic of genetic engineering when it comes to the targeted manipulation of human DNA that goes beyond health aspects and also includes appearance, physique, cognitive performance, and personality traits? Genetic engineering applied to humans could develop in a fascist, communist, libertarian, futurist, or even politically moderate direction. It depends…
Perhaps some of you are already familiar with this genetic engineering technique. To explain: With CRISPR technology (CRISPR stands for "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats"), DNA can be modified by selectively cutting out something, thereby altering or improving it. Genes can therefore be inserted, removed, or switched off. This works with a virus produced…
Hey, how can you modify plants so that they glow under UV light like in the series "Biohackers"? (Are there kits for this that you can order online?) And is that allowed in Germany?
We are making great progress in the field of genetic engineering and at some point in the future there will most likely be the option to make your child look the way you want it to.
I was just thinking about cucumbers. What are the side effects of growing non-organic/GMO cucumbers? How serious are the consequences? Are genetic manipulations using Crispr also harmful in any way? And is the Crispr cucumber organic or not if it is produced without injections etc.?
Hey, I have to give a presentation on genetic engineering soon, but I'm running out of ideas for topics. So far I have: -Crispr -Genetic engineering with plants/food -Pros/Cons -Designer babies Can you think of anything else? Thanks in advance, it would help me a lot!
So… Could completely different animals be created using genetic engineering in the distant future? Adding a few traits from existing animals, of course, and then adding traits that create a completely new animal. Is that theoretically possible, or not?
Are there alternatives to the CRISPR/Cas method for targeted genome editing? If so, which ones?
Can endonucleases also cut the viral genome during the lysogenic cycle, i.e. after it has been integrated into the bacterial genome?
Does the Cas9 protein take effect when the virus freshly attacks the prokaryote and injects its genetic material into the prokaryote cell, or when the viral genetic material is already integrated into the bacterial genome and is thus excised? I hope that is understandable enough.
Hi, can you think of any current questions or problems that could be solved with the help of synthetic biology? Relating to all aspects of life.