HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Input genes into a patient to grow taller or run faster.
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Allow patients to choose what traits their babies will show when born.
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Doctors can predict if patients will develop a genetic disease.
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Doctors can give a patient new genes to pass on to their children.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genetic engineering allows scientists to move desired genes from one plant or animal into another. Genes can also be moved from an animal to a plant or vice versa. Another name for this is genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Recombinant DNA Technology is defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica as “the joining together of DNA molecules from different organisms and inserting it into a host organism to produce new genetic combinations that are of value to science, medicine, agriculture and industry.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Medical biotechnology is a branch of medicine that uses living cells and cell materials to research and then produce pharmaceutical and diagnosing products. These products help treat and prevent diseases.