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Well, I don’t know too much about materials, instruments and/or techniques that are important in the micro or nano world, but I’m interested in genetic modification, also called genetic engineering. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to produce improved or novel organisms.
 I study Biochemistry which is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. So genetic engineering it’s so important to my career if I want to dedicate myself to that, because I have to manipulate DNA of different things like food, etc.
Thanks to Genetic engineering, science has managed to grow plants with greater tolerance to drought or protected against a virus, Increased crop resistance to disease, production of pharmaceutical compounds in animal milk, vaccine development, and alteration of livestock characteristics, Cures can be found for genetic diseases so that new generations are born healthier, etc.  Nevertheless, there is always a bad side, like it can produce allergies, something that is very worrisome to the producers of these foods. It may be due to the transferred genetic material, the unexpected formation of an allergen or the lack of information about the protein encoding the inserted gene. Also, must take into account that the disadvantages arise or may arise from the misuse of the mentioned techniqu
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  1. Jose M Aramburo M22 June 2017 at 17:20

    Oh!! grate I think that genetic engineering is the future.

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