Technology is now so advanced that we can easier can more production of plants simply by cloning. This is as easy as photocopying a data. This recombinant of DNA is commonly used everywhere as this allows people to be able to have sufficient food for the increase amount of population. To be useful, the recombinant molecule must be replicated many times to provide material for analysis, sequence etc. Producing many identical copies of the same recombinant molecule is called cloning. However, we must think if this is beneficial to us or worst.
As known, after this recombinant of DNA is used worldwide, it significantly reduces the number of people who die of hunger. As technology is getting more advance, more food is produced and the food are distributed more efficiently over countries that are less accessible. Cloning can not only increase the amount of food produced, it can also have benefits to the medicine industry. As the recombinant of DNA changes the sequences of DNA, it can also change the genes. This is useful as medicines like anti-biotic can be produced. As we can alter the characteristic of the DNA, by altering it to anti-biotic resistance can help to resist against some kinds of diseases, bacteria and virus. This is the good side of technology and it is being used almost everywhere. This is whereby people benefit from it and make use of it to ensure that everyone will be able to have one less worry.
Everything has two sides, so does recombinant of DNA. The bad side of recombinant of DNA is that the process may cause unknown virus that no medicine can cure. Like for GM food, there maybe unknown allergens produced in the process. The characteristic of plant A is transferred to plant B therefore plant B will naturally have the characteristic of plant A. If a person is allergic to plant A, the person will suffer from allergy reaction when consuming on GM plant B. As men are not sure of the consequences of this procedure, it is a big worry to everyone in anywhere about the incurable reaction. These plants also have anti-biotic resistance genes in them therefore there may be a possibility for a person to have the anti-biotic resistance gene into their body and therefore, medicines cannot cure the bacteria in the person that have these genes.
This is a website on BBC whereby it briefly explains about GM food. Take a look at it to familiarize with it.
This website tells you about the effects of GM food that have happened at any country. This is a example of globalization as GM food is used worldwide and the effects are published on web for everyone to know.
To conclude, technology gives benefits and brings worries to everyone. Everyone will be affected by the slight change as everyone is making use of this scientific experiment.
Technological Expert,
Michelle Ng.
Labels: Globalisation and Technology
