Genetic Engineering

Question 1

What is genetic engineering?

Answer 1

It’s the transfer of genetic information from an organism to another(Eg from human to bacterial cell)

It results in organism producing a human protein

Question 2

What are the steps of genetic engineering?

Answer 2

1) A gene is cut out of chromosome using enzymes.

2) A DNA plasmid is removed from bacterium and cut open using enzymes

3) The gene is inserted into plasmid and sealed together with enzymes.

5) The altered plasmid is put into a bacterium. The bacterium has been genetically modified and will now make the required protein.