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Gene Technology
Gene technology includes a range of activities that take advantage of genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts. It includes genetic engineering and genetic testing. Gene technology is the term given to a...
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Selective Breeding
Selective breeding is also known as artificial selection. It is the process by which humans breed plants and animals for particular genetic characteristics. We have been doing this for thousands of years - ever since we first bred food...
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GM Crops
GM stands for genetically modified. So, GM crops are plants grown for food whose genes have been altered using genetic engineering. In some cases, the genes of other organisms have been inserted into the genome of the crop plant to...
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Genetic Engineering: Positives & Negatives of Transgenic Plants
This clip looks at some of the beneficial and harmful aspects of transgenic plants.
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Introduction to Biotechnology
This nugget introduces you to the science of biotechnology. It briefly discusses the principles, techniques and applications of biotechnology.
Institute of Human Anatomy
Understanding Active Recall and the Feynman Technique
Learn the most effective study method for human anatomy and physiology with this teacher's personal experience and expertise. Discover the power of active recall and the Feynman technique, and how it can help you prioritize your...
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Restriction Enzymes/Introduction to Enzyme Function
Restriction Enzyme Set: 1. This clip introduces DNA-snipping restriction enzymes and takes a simplified look at how enzymes function.
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Synthetic Biology and Materials Science Part 1: Biological Manufacturing
We've discussed some aspects of biotechnology already, but we have yet to discuss the promising field of synthetic biology. We are now able to manipulate biological organisms in ways that have technological applications, and one of the...
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Genetic Engineering of Plants
Plant Reproduction Set: 5. This clip demonstrates two of the most common methods of genetic engineering in plants: biolistic transformation and gene splicing.
Professor Dave Explains
Biotechnology: Genetic Modification, Cloning, Stem Cells, and Beyond
In this biology playlist, we've learned so much about DNA and living organisms! Well, so has mankind over the past century, and oh, what we have done with this knowledge! It's pretty incredible when you stop and think about it. Let's go...
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Genetic engineering
In this video we'll go in depth with genetic engineering; on how it is made and what is it used for! Keep watching to unravel the meaning of genetics!
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GMOs
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have had their DNA artificially modified by humans, using modern genetic manipulation techniques. By changing the DNA, so changing the genome of an organism, means we can change its...
Curated Video
USA: US-EU GENETIC FOODS TRADE DISPUTE
English/Nat
Genetically modified, or G-M, crops are the cause of the latest trade dispute between the U-S and Europe.
Advocates of crops that are genetically engineered to kill insect say that they reduce the need for heavy doses of...
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Cloned cows produce milk that contains human breast milk enzymes
AP Television
Beijing, China, May 12, 2011
1. Mid worker preparing to milk cows
2. Close of industrial milk bottle with cow in the background
3. Wide of two industrial milk bottles
4. Close up sign in Mandarin at farm entrance:...
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Dr. Charles Arntzen, Director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU talks about his research that focuses on genetically modifying tobacco plants to create a protein used to develop an Ebola drug. (Aug. 18)
Drug makers and academic laboratories going beyond standard techniques in the push to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
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Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
AP Television
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China - October 15, 2008
1. Close up of baby in front of grain bags, pull out to wide shot of store front
2. Close up of ground corn in bag
3. Medium shot of Zheng Wencai looking at beans
4....
Curated Video
US scientists turn back the clock to develop new crops
This Kansas field could be a small step toward a big leap forward in agriculture.
Researchers from the non-profit research organisation the Land Institute are working to turn this wheatgrass into a viable crop to replace the standard...
Curated Video
Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4033684LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in...
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Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in alarming numbers during the past eight to nine...
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Doctor hunts for Ebola vaccine in genetically modified tobacco plants
Drug makers and academic laboratories are pushing scientific boundaries in a race to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
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USA: BILL TO ENSURE GM FOODS ARE LABELLED
English/Nat
A cross party group of U-S representatives plan to introduce a bill before Congress that, if passed, would require genetically engineered food have a label alerting consumers to the fact.
The American consumer currently finds...
Curated Video
Plant cloning lab set up in remote village
1. Pan from palm trees to house
2. Tilt down from tree to house
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Manuel Cuellar Zometa, Gensa President
4. Wide shot of family gathered outside
5. Various of plants
6. Close up of flower
7. Woman in lab
8....
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President on DRCongo, Africa food aid
1. President George W. Bush at Africa summit
2. Audience clapping
3. SOUNDBITE (English) President George W. Bush:
"In the Congo, nine countries took part in a five-year war that brought death to (M) millions. Now the parties to the...
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WRAP Interview with doctor who says he has cloned a human child
1. Wide of conference room at Rome Foreign Press Association
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Severino Antinori:
(talking about the baby he claims to have cloned) "It's the 33rd week - I expect the birth for the first week of...