Guest maxgreatness Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Dear readers: What are some economic benefits (or non-benefits) of genetic engineering? How about social implications to genetic engineering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Economic benefit is that new products can be produced, creating a demand where there wasn't before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. DNA Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Another economic benefit would be being able to produce certain things in larger quantities or at higher concentrations than you could before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swordfishpro Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I know that there would be alot of people that would naturalay think GE wrong, i think that GE is fine cotained.....released could pose a problem to human society, plants and animals that havnt co evolved with people could be a bigger threat than we realise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 i think economic benifits are probably the only benefits, and they are only for the company doing the science! GM seeds need to be bought every year to get a good crop and they are more expensive. Saving the third world? A word ryming with 'full hit' springs to mind............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 This should be a good read. Couldn't find my other linky damnit, anywho, I'll post it if I find it. USDA Report Exposes GM Crop Bleh, this is NOT what I had in mind(or somewhere on my computer), but I guess it'll have to do for now: http://www.csa.com/hottopics/gmfood/overview.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I spoke with a geology professor who thinks the Genetic Engineering will be quite valuable in the field of bioremediation. Chemosynthetic bacteria could be engineered to break down hazardous waste into harmless substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidDreamer Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I spoke with a geology professor who thinks the Genetic Engineering will be quite valuable in the field of bioremediation. Chemosynthetic bacteria could be engineered to break down hazardous waste into harmless substances. There is already one used to break down oil after oil spills. This would be a great example to use for a report. Here is a site that talks about genetically engineered agriculture: http://members.tripod.com/c_rader0/gemod.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 This page: http://www.bigelow.org/foodweb/chain4.html gives the chemical reaction for the synthesis of hydrogen sulphide into carbohydrate and sulphuric acid. Here's another page http://www.odp.usyd.edu.au/odp_CD/volcis/viindex.html form the Ocean Drilling Program of Australia that discusses "sulphidation" of minerals at deep ocean vents. The above made me wonder whether the sulphuric acid produced by the bacteria might naturally produce native gold. Well - here's a page from "Yes Technologies" that discusses using sulphate reducing bacteria to extract gold from ore, rather than than using cyanide, which is far more toxic. http://www.yestech.com/tech/gold1.htm So - I would think that genetically engineering bacteria to be more efficient in this process would be a very economically feasible and beneficial enterprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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