Question

Which headline would be an example of genetic engineering?

A.) Mrs. O'Hara Gives Birth to Fourth Redhead

B.)Farmer Brown's Pigs: Best Quality Ham for the money

C.) Gene Added to Liver Improves Clotting Time

D.) Bacteria Make Human Insulin

Answer 1

I wouldn't go with A because that's about natural genetics. Or B because it's more like a advertisement. Or D because that about helping cure a disease. It's C.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D, Bacteria Make Human Insulin

A bacterium is made to produce insulin through the technology “Recombinant DNA”.  Recombinant DNA technology is the process through which a human gene is inserted into the genetic material of bacterium by removing a loop from DNA of bacteria known as plasmid. The plasmid is then again returned to the DNA and recombinant bacteria is then placed in a large fermentation tank to synthesize insulin.