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    In an exclusive interview posted on Inspirery, Dr. Clay Siegall, the CEO of Seattle Genetics, explains why he has focused on targeted therapies for cancer. Siegall, who holds a Ph.D in genetics from George Washington University, co-founded the biotech company to update cancer treatments so that chemotherapy is not so traumatic for cancer patients. Since Seattle Genetics's first ADC, which targets cancer cells as opposed to both cancer and healthy cells, became FDA-approved, Siegall has generated

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    showing that although telomerase is dispensable for life, increasingly short telomeres result in various deleterious phenotypes, colloquially referred to as premature aging. In the mid-1990s, Greider was recruited by Michael D. West, founder of biotechnology company Geron (now CEO of BioTime) to join the company's

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    growing conditions. Sagoff states “Genetic engineers can help peasant societies by engineering plants and animals to stand up to the challenges of local conditions, such as blights that affect yams and other traditional crops” (14). The article “Biotechnology and Agriculture: The Common Wisdom and Its Critics.” by Sagoff. Discusses how genetic manipulation of crops would be of major benefit in developing countries, primarily because said countries can 't grow enough food to suffice the populous. Genetic

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    has the business acumen to produce the most desirable product in every era since it was first established in the turn of the 20th century. From DDT in the 50s, Agent Orange in the 60s, LED lights in the 70s, to the research and development of biotechnology in the 80s and onwards (McDonnell), Monsanto perennially patented products and dominated the global market. After the 1944 Bretton woods conference,

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    when it involves their food. These terms are taken out of context and without a proper understanding of their role in plant genetics, can create fallacies. Genetically modified crops are in fact a negligible risk when it comes to human health. Biotechnology, transgenic crops, and genetic modification are words and phrases being thrown around in the debate on genetically

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    Whole cell bioluminescent bacterial biosensors. Introduction A biosensor is a system or device that is used for the measurement of a particular substance in which a biological component is used as the recognition element. (Urban, 2013). Microbial biosensors are analytical devices that combine a biological sensing element with a transducer to produce a signal proportional to the analyte concentration. They utilise immobilized viable or non viable microbial cells. Viable whole cell biosensors incorporate

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    For many years, the environmental community has had strong feelings about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and/or genetically modified (GM) crops. Those in agriculture biotechnology also have very passionate emotions about GM crops as well. The environmental community, typically against, and the agriculture biotechnology field, typically for GM crops make the topic very polarizing. The environmental field have reasonable concerns about herbicide and insect resistant GM crops. These concerns

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    optimum human beings by genetically modifying them before they’re even born (Kass, 784). Until recently, all this would have been mere science fiction. However, the emerging biotechnology is paving the way to enhance human’s capability. Inspired by Earth’s biodiversity, scientists are continuously developing new biotechnologies such as genetic modification to meet humans’ needs and demands in order to lighten the burden of human existence. It promises a future of precedent health and longevity. While

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    Red biotechnology involves medical processes such as getting organisms to produce new drugs, or using stem cells to regenerate damaged human tissues and perhaps re-grow entire organs. White (also called gray) biotechnology involves industrial processes such as the production of new chemicals or the development of new fuels for vehicles. Green biotechnology applies to agriculture and involves such processes as the development of

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    designed to protect humans, going against Christian views, and even destroying the roots of human nature. With genetic engineering biotechnology, such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (or CRISPR), new and unique altercations are being done to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. Along with astounding benefits that can come from these biotechnologies, many people have come up with crazy ideas, such as these designer baby ideas, that could be potentially harmful to our society

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