Biotechnology - is a pretty broad term. It can generally encompass any technology involving an organism or biological process. Humans will manipulate biology through various methods, some of which we'll get into in this series, in order to accomplish something. Things like producing drugs, fuels, material, are some common uses of biotechnology that you may have already heard.
I think it would be really good to add in some things that the ordinary person would be familiar with to reinforce that they exposed to this everyday. Laundry powders are filled with mutated enzymes. These have been designed using site-directed mutagenesis to allow them to work in the presence of bleach and other conditions. Saying to people that the use products from the bio-tech industry on a daily basis may allow them to see that these things are not only common and useful, but also harmless. A big problem in the public awereness of biotech is that people think 'frankenstein' instead of washing powder when they hear GMO.
Just a thought.
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/-/tSmBIa4YKk4J.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
0 comments:
Post a Comment