Biotechnology
The reason why I choose biotechnology for a subject to do my paper on is because I have a strong interest in the subject matter. When I was in high school I read a book called "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley. It was written in 1931. It was a story about a world controlled by biotechnology. Everyone was a clone and their standing in society was dependent on what they were breed for. It was a perfectly formed society. It was at least until the one thing that kept the lower class citizens happy ran out. Now that cloning has become a reality some people think the we are about to enter a "Brave New World." A world in which genetically engineered clones will be the only thing that exists. That is one of the reasons why biotechnology has become one of the most popular topics in society today. Even Hollywood has taken advantage of this with blockbuster movies like "Jurassic Park." In this movie a genetics company named InGen recreates dinosaurs through fossilized DNA. They build a park to show off their patented genetic creations. But they did not know what they were dealing with and the dinosaurs escaped and took over the park. These are just two fictional examples of the possibili
Cloning could one day be used to improve humans and some people say that it is man "playing God." Genetics is basically changing life itself and the way nature intended it. Nature is balanced a certain way and when you change certain aspects of it, you could be changing all aspects. Genetically altered foods could affect biodiversity. If you created a crop of corn that was higher yielding, but is more likely to be affected by a virus this could be bad if all corn growers begin to use it. This is because in one year the entire crop of corn in the world could be devastated by a virus. Another bad thing about genetically altered foods that they are finding out today is that if you give plant A traits from plant B that make less likely to bruise you could also affect people who eat plant A and are allergic to plant B. That is why the FDA made that new policy in 1992. Some say without genetically engineered foods we will not be able to feed the world in the next century. Now that we have examined some of the things biotechnology has created, some of the possibilities for future, and how it affects society we can better understand its importance. Biotechnology is the science of the next century. It has the ability to solve many of the worlds problems. It also has the possibility of causing new ones. We as a society will have to determine step by step which aspects of biotechnology we will accept as okay and which ones would be tampering with nature to much. Biotechnology has already impacted society in many ways and the future should bring about new discoveries in this field that will impact our lives on a daily basis. Dolly may not be important to an individual but what if the sweater that individual is wearing is made from wool of a cloned sheep. As a society we must be prepared the small things like that and all other aspects of biotechnology as we enter this "Brave New World." Biotechnology has done many things that have benefited society. Biotechnology has been used in the field of agriculture for years. Genetically altered foods have become a growing market on the produce shelves today. There are three organizations that regulate biotechnology like these foods and they are: the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which evaluates whol
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