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GCSE Biology - Genetic Engineering #82
Genetic engineering allows us to move genes between different organisms and even different species. This has revolutionised agriculture and potentially saved millions of lived. Learn how it all works and why some people still don't like it.
Amoeba Sisters
Genetic Engineering
Explore an intro to genetic engineering with The Amoeba Sisters. This video provides a general definition, introduces some biotechnology tools that can be used in genetic engineering, and discusses some related vocabulary (such as...
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The Advantages and Concerns of Genetic Engineering in Agriculture and Medicine
The video explains what genetic engineering is and how it is used in agriculture and medicine. It discusses the benefits and limitations of genetic engineering and considers some of the concerns that people have regarding its use. The...
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Genetic Engineering: Applications and Concerns
This video explains the process of genetic engineering and discusses some of its applications in crop production and medicine. The process involves modifying the genome of an organism to introduce desirable characteristics, such as...
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Introduction to Genetic Engineering and its Uses
This video is a lecture presentation on the process of genetic engineering. The presenter describes and discusses the steps involved in modifying the genome of a bacterium cell, and then evaluates some of the uses and...
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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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Genetic Engineering: Insulin Production Process
The video explains the process of genetic engineering using the example of insulin production. The video explains the various steps involved in isolating the required gene using enzymes and preparing an appropriate vector for the gene....
Hay Levels
BIOLOGY: Genetic Engineering - Robin Hesketh
Good News for cancer therapy. Trials show genetic engineering of T-cells in the treatment of B-Cell Acute Lymphocitic Leukemia works.
Bozeman Science
Molecular Biology
Paul Andersen explains the major procedures in molecular biology. He starts with a brief description of Taq polymerase extracted from the hot pools of Yellowstone Park. He then uses the analogy of the ransom note to explain each of the...
TED Talks
Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease
In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically...
SciShow
Glowing Rats and Extreme Genetic Engineering
Hank discusses some of the recent developments in synthetic biology, and why some advocacy groups are calling for a moratorium on those developments.
TED Talks
TED: What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis
We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy? asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology -- a multidisciplinary area of research...
Bozeman Science
DNA and RNA - Part 2
Paul Andersen continues his description of DNA and RNA. He begins with the structure of DNA and RNA and moves into the process of DNA Replication. He also describes the central dogma of biology explaining how DNA is transcribed to mRNA...
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Genetic engineering | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool
Genetic engineering | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool 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! CREDITS Animation & Design:...
World Science Festival
CRISPR in Context: The New World of Human Genetic Engineering
It’s happened. The first children genetically engineered with the powerful DNA-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9 have been born to a woman in China. Their altered genes will be passed to their children, and their children’s children. Join...
TED Talks
Rob Reid: How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech needed...
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Genetic Modification: Processes and Applications
The video is a lecture presentation on genetic modification or genetic engineering, explaining the process of modifying an organism's genome to introduce desirable characteristics. The presenter describes the use of plasmids and viruses...
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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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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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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...
Food Farmer Earth
GMOs - An Invention In Search Of A Necessity
It has been said, we have taken culture out of agriculture and replaced it with agribusiness. The larger point is that our industrial food system is harming our bodies and polluting our air, waterways and land. Claire Hope Cummings,...
World Science Festival
Could Genetic Engineering Lead to Super Armies?
In addition to editing genes, researchers are considering the possibility of using technologies like CRISPR to synthesize an entire human genome from scratch. If successful, this could ultimately lead to the ability to create human...
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Genetic Engineering - Seven Wonders of the Microbe World (6/7)
In this video, experts reveal how the natural processes of microbes are used to fight disease. (Part 6 of 7) Playlist link - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4473936D327B7C69 Transcript link -...
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Gene Technology | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool
Gene Technology | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool 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, which we...