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Biotechnology

 

"Many technological aplication that uses biological systems, living organisms, or deivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use."

- The United Nations Conventions on Biological Diversity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For other examples and more information:

 

Glittering Gold Seahorse

(Example)

 

     Vietnam’s first genetically engineered animals are 108 living seahorses made of gold. Glittering Gold Seahorses have been genetically engineered to have sparkling gold stripes on their bodies. At their current age of under two week, the seahorses are still only about the size of matchsticks, but as they grow older, so will their value. They may still be tiny, but are well worth their weight in gold.They plan on testing these procedure on other animals now that the seahorse experiment has been successful. These glittering animals could really take off; the demand for gold, luxury and sparkles in rising, just as much as the demand for the unique.

What are Genetically Modified Organisms?

 

Genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. A genetically engineered (GE) animal is one that contains a recombinant DNA (rDNA) construct producing a new trait. Genetic modification involves the mutation, insertion or deletion of a gene. They are "any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology" (Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety).

Transgenic Animals:  A transgenic animal is an animal whose gene(s) or genetic material that has been transferred naturally, or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques from one organism to another. The introduction of a transgene has the potential to change the phenotype of an organism.

 

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