Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering is the changing of an organism's genetic, or hereditary, makeup to get rid of unwanted characteristics or to make wanted new ones. Genetic engineering is used to increase plant and animal food production. It is also used to help dispose of industrial wastes, to diagnose disease, improve medical treatment, and produce vaccines and other useful drugs. Genetic engineering techniques include the selective breeding of plants and animals, and hybridization, which is the reproduction …showed first 75 words of 391 total…

…showed last 75 words of 391 total…Then in a laboratory, a virus is altered so that it cannot reproduce. Next, a gene is inserted into the virus. After that, the altered virus is mixed with cells from the person (the cells from the person become genetically altered). Afterward, the altered cells are injected into the person. Finally the genetically altered cells produce the desired protein or hormone. This process helps make the human body function properly when it cannot by itself.